Not exact matches
The
bond maturity premium over bills was just 0.7 % in the U.S. and 0.5 %
worldwide, small with respect to the much higher risk (variability of
returns).
The
worldwide average real
return on
bonds was 0.5 %, ranging from -2.2 % (Italy) to 2.8 % (Switzerland).
Investors
worldwide struggled to find high
returns in the wake of the global financial crisis amid interest rates languishing near record lows and bouts of elevated volatility in the stock and
bond markets.