Sentences with phrase «agency bond debt»

The bulk of all agency bond debt — GSEs and Federal Government agencies — is issued by the Federal Home Loan Banks, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and the Federal Farm Credit banks.

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However, recently, the economic recovery seen in Portugal since the sovereign debt crisis has indeed begun affecting the way agencies such as Moody's and Standard & Poor's see the economy, indicating that in the near future more investors could be considering buying Portuguese bonds.

Threats from debt - rating agencies to strip the country of its sterling credit rating and investors» lacklustre response to a bond auction in November are just two signs that this reality is beginning to sink in.

A downgrade by a credit rating agency usually means investors will demand a higher interest rate when a company goes to raise cash by issuing bonds or other debt.

The list of individuals and organizations losing sleep over household debt — the government, bond - rating agencies, senior bank executives, economists — is long and growing.

a government, corporation, municipality, or agency that has issued a security (e.g., a bond) in order to raise capital or to repay other debt; the issuer goes to an underwriter to get their securities sold in the new issue market; for certificates of deposit (CDs), this is the bank that has issued the CD; in the case of fixed income securities, the issuer of the security is the primary determinant of the security's characteristics (e.g., coupon interest rate, maturity, call features, etc..)

an interest - bearing promise to pay a specified sum of money (the principal amount) on a specific date; bonds are a form of debt obligation; categories of bonds are corporate, municipal, treasury, agency / GSE

«Her comments on their face are wrong,» said Christopher Whalen, senior managing director at Kroll Bond Rating Agency and author of «Inflated: How Money and Debt Built the American Dream.»

The iShares Intermediate Credit Bond ETF tracks a market - weighted index of USD - denominated investment grade corporate, sovereign, supranational, local authority and non-US agency debt with maturities between 1 - 10 years.

In addition, large, broad - based indexes such as the Barclays Aggregate Bond Index have become less diversified over time, and now are dominated by U.S. government and agency debt.

Western allies press Trump to maintain nuclear deal with Iran: Reuters US intelligence monitors Iranian cargo shipments into Syria: CNN A trade war is a major risk for China's debt - ridden economy: CNBC Federal judge orders gov» t must accept new DACA immigration applications: WaPo Unification of Koreas still unlikely as leaders prepare to meet: Reuters US Consumer Confidence Index rebounded in April after March decline: CB New home sales in US increased to 4 - month high in March: MarketWatch Richmond Fed Mfg Index turns negative for first time since 2016: Bond Buyer S&P Case - Shiller Home Price Index surged in Feb, up 6.3 % y - o - y: CNBC Federal Housing Finance Agency: US house prices continued to rise in Feb: HW Corp bonds with lowest investment - grade rating look vulnerable: Bloomberg 10 - year Treasury yield reaches 3.0 % for first time since 2014: CNN Money

The government also needs to refinance a 1 billion - euro bond maturing in November and a smaller yen note due in July, according to data on the website of the debt - management agency, known as AKK.

The debt - management agency failed to raise the planned amount of debt at four auctions in the past month and scrapped one bond - exchange auction.

Of this overall increase, $ 2.5 trillion has gone into Treasury notes and bonds, while $ 1.75 trillion has been invested in MBS and housing - agency debt securities.

S&P ratings agency issued a statement reaffirming US Treasury bond AAA credit rating, but they issued a negative outlook which means there's a 1 in 3 chance of lowering the debt rating in the next 2 years.

In February 2014, rating agencies downgraded Puerto Rico's general obligation debt and some related bonds below investment grade, with further downgrades possible.

These portfolios primarily invest in U.S. high - income debt securities where at least 65 % or more of bond assets are not rated or are rated by a major agency such as Standard & Poor's or Moody's at the level of BB (considered speculative for taxable bonds) and below.

Municipal Bond Funds invest primarily in municipal bonds which are debt issued by state governments, local governments, and government agencies such as a port authority or water board.

Oyster Bay is reeling from scandals involving an influential restaurateur, a former town official and financial problems that triggered a ratings agency to recently downgrade the town's debt to «junk bond» status.

The plan includes $ 180.5 million in debt service savings for Fiscal 2018, primarily from re-estimates of debt service costs related to variable - rate bonds and the retention of state building aid revenue by the Transitional Finance Agency.

The ECIDA serves only as a «pass through» when the agency issues bond debt.

The comptroller is responsible for auditing the performance and finances of city agencies, making recommendations regarding proposed contracts, issuing reports on the state of the city economy, marketing and selling municipal bonds, and managing city debt.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority board members warned of the danger posed by the agency's rising debt Wednesday, even as they approved a $ 2.9 billion capital spending increase funded with $ 1.6 billion of new bonds.

Liu's campaign responded to Avella's attack by saying the former comptroller saved taxpayers $ 5 billion through a number of means, including audits conducted of city agencies, scrutiny of city contracts and the refinancing of $ 20 billion of outstanding bond debt.

Cuomo, speaking later in the day, insisted he had only withdrawn $ 20 million from the MTA's budget last year to pay debt service on the MTA bonds, after the state contributed $ 1 billion to the agency's budget.

Utilizing a $ 10 million federal enhancement grant and a $ 100,000 contribution from the Texas Education Agency (TEA), TCEP provides credit enhancement for municipal bonds that provide financing for the acquisition, construction, repair or renovation of Texas charter school facilities (including certain refinancing of facilities debt that meet federal guidelines), by funding a debt service reserve fund for such issuances.

Wall Street has generally been reluctant to buy up debt from charter schools, at least in part over concerns that funding can fluctuate and that an authorizing agency could terminate an operating agreement without regard to the terms of a bond.

Talk of a move to re-establish state fiscal oversight of the city's schools has circulated since the summer and comes as bond ratings agencies have dropped CPS» debt deeper into junk status in advance of district plans to add more than $ 850 million to its overall debt load.

Each project, at the time of its application for assistance, is required to furnish a preliminary rating opinion letter from one of the bond rating agencies identified by the Securities and Exchange Commission as a «Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization,» indicating that the project's senior debt obligations have the potential to achieve an investment - grade bond rating.

an interest - bearing promise to pay a specified sum of money (the principal amount) on a specific date; bonds are a form of debt obligation; categories of bonds are corporate, municipal, treasury, agency / GSE

Includes all non convertible debt, MTNs, and Yankee bonds, but excludes all issues with maturities of one year or less, CDs, and federal agency debt.

Most states require that debt collection agencies be bonded against loss to receive a license.

The BofA Merrill Lynch Index tracks the performance of U.S. dollar - denominated investment grade government and corporate public debt issued in the U.S. domestic bond market with at least 1 year and less than 10 years remaining maturity, including U.S. treasury, U.S. agency, foreign government, supranational and corporate securities.

The fixed income position also includes a mix of Treasuries, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPs), Agencies, Corporate Bonds and International Debt.

The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing primarily in fixed income securities, such as U.S. Treasury bonds, notes and bills, Treasury inflation - protected securities, U.S. Treasury Strips, U.S. Government agency securities (primarily mortgage - backed securities), and investment grade corporate debt rated BBB or higher by Standard & Poor's Global Ratings or Baa or higher by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or having an equivalent rating from another independent rating organization.

With a balance sheet at the time of the announcement comprised of $ 2.46 Trillion in Treasuries and $ 1.78 trillion in MBS and agency debt, it will be a long time before these holdings are pared down to what is expected to be a final balance of perhaps around $ 2 trillion or so, and likely one solely comprised of cash reserves and Treasury bonds.

Summary: This fund is an actively managed bond fund that includes investments in U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government Agency obligations, as well as, corporate debt instruments.

Also known as fixed - income securities, bonds are debt instruments that basically amount to you extending your money to a given corporation or government agency.

In February 2014, rating agencies downgraded Puerto Rico's general obligation debt and some related bonds below investment grade, with further downgrades possible.

To maintain maximum flexibility, the securities in which the Income Fund may invest include corporate debt securities of issuers in the U.S. and foreign countries, bank debt (including bank loans and participations), government and agency debt securities of the U.S. and foreign countries, convertible bonds and other convertible securities and equity securities, including preferred and common stock and interests in REITs.

The borrowing in foreign exchange may be from an overseas bank / export credit agency / supplier of equipment or foreign collaborator, foreign equity holder, NRI, OCB, corporate / institution with a good credit rating from internationally recognised credit rating agency, or from international capital market by way of issue of bonds, floating rate notes or any other debt instrument by whatever name called.

Everyone who watches Canada's economy — from the Bank of Canada to global bond rating agencies — worries about the effect of rising rates of mortgage debt.

To assist in the evaluation of an issuer's creditworthiness, ratings agencies, such as Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's analyze a bond issuer's ability to meet its debt obligations, and issue ratings from «Aaa» or «AAA» for the most creditworthy issuers to «Ca», «C»,»D», «DDD», «DD» or»D» for those in default.

Mortgage debt that Fannie and Freddie buy is then sold to investors as mortgage - backed securities (MBS), often in the form of agency bonds.

The TRACE program offers a consolidation of transaction data for public and private corporate bonds, agency debt, and securitized products.

Bonds and bond funds will decrease in value as interest rates rise and are subject to credit risk, which refers to the possibility that the debt issuers may not be able to make principal and interest payments or may have their debt downgraded by ratings agencies.

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After a week of bond sales pitches in the U.S. and UK, Argentina got its report card from ratings agencies Friday: its debt remains solidly in non-investment grade territory.

Debt securities (including bills, notes, and bonds) issued by the U.S. Treasury or issued by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government which is established under the authority of an act of Congress.

The Fitch bond ratings agency has warned that California's protracted drought could put financial pressure on public - power entities in their ability to service their bond debts.