In recent years,
the biggest bond buyers have been the Federal Reserve, foreigners and mutual funds, but that may be changing.
Not exact matches
Over the past several months, debt traders have been growing increasingly wary of this type of monetary tightening by global central banks, which have been the
biggest buyers of
bonds for years.
I've seen a
big seller who needed to sell a
big position in a junk
bond issue force the market down 40 points in order find a level where
buyers would step up.
The unit, the chief investment office (CIO), has been the
biggest buyer of European mortgage - backed
bonds and other complex debt securities such as collateralized loan obligations in all markets for more than three years... The unit made a deliberate move out of safer assets such as US Treasuries in 2009 in an effort to increase returns and diversify investments.»
I expect
bond prices to remain anchored because the ECB will still be a
big buyer of
bonds.