Sentences with phrase «first bond purchase»

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A cloud of uncertainty had settled over markets after Fed chairman Ben Bernanke first mentioned the possibility of tapering the Fed's monthly bond purchases during congressional testimony on May 22.

Expectations are high the Bank of Japan may boost its government bond purchases at its April 3 - 4 policy review, the first under new Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, who has vowed to do whatever it takes to hit the BOJ's new 2 percent inflation target.

The European Central Bank (ECB) ready to reduce its monthly bond - purchasing program sometime in early 2018, and the Bank of England (BOE) isexpected to raise interest rates in November for the first time since 2007.

Valeri noted that could change, though, as occurred with the first round of quantitative easing, where a massive $ 1.25 trillion purchase of mortgage - backed securities was followed months later by a large - scale purchase of Treasury bonds.

The first leg looks very much like an outright bond purchase.

The first are our outright government bond purchases.

a municipal bond that is secured by an escrow fund; the escrow fund comes from the issuer floating a second bond issue and using the proceeds from that second bond issue to purchase government obligations, typically U.S. Treasuries, proceeds from the second bond issue create an escrow fund to mature at the first call date of the first bond issue to pre-refund that issue; bond issuers will typically do this during times of lower interest rates to lower their interest costs

The first problem concerns a proposed debt buyback scheme, in which the Greek government would purchase and retire bonds at a discount.

The financing needs coming due in the first quarter «imply that euro area banks will not have extra money as a result of the three - year auction to purchase European sovereign bonds, using a carry - trade strategy, because the amount of fresh cash is less than the amount of bank debt that will mature during the quarter», Powell wrote recently.

He said that the central bank would stick to its guidance on the sequencing of the next steps, meaning that the first interest rate increases will only start well after the end of the bond purchases.

With the UK economy gradually picking up pace and inflation rising on the back of a weaker currency, the UK's central bank may finally go ahead with a rate hike for the first time in a decade, although it is widely expected to leave the monthly government and corporate - bond purchases untouched at # 435 and # 10 billion respectively.

So even when you first purchase a bond, its nominal yield and yield to maturity may not match exactly.

The first one basically being that you know, as we have seen over the past two years, even with the emergency monetary stimulus that they're able to grow their balance sheet, which creates excess reserves into the system and in a variety ways and that means, they are purchasing bonds, purchasing mortgages, purchasing treasuries, which increases the amount of monetary supply — the money available to help all set the conditions that they are trying to counterbalance.

But in the absence of any suggestion that the currency's appreciation would delay a tapering of bond purchases, the single currency's rally — which by the end of August had taken it above US$ 1.20 for the first time since the start of 2015 — resumed, following a brief pause in the run - up to the ECB meeting.

Since the BOJ already owns close to half of all outstanding Japanese government bonds of a 10 - year maturity and below, its move was viewed by some market participants as, in effect, a tacit admission the BOJ had reached the limit for QE and possibly the first stage of a taper of its bond purchases.

The first question asks whether the district should issue $ 8 million in general obligation bonds to purchase the parcel at 1st Avenue and Three Oaks Road, improve it and build a family aquatic center, which could accommodate 850 to 1,000 swimmers.

Last winter, IPA Kirkwood School for Girls raised $ 14 million in bond financing to purchase the Atlanta strip mall that houses its campus making it one of the state's first public charter school districts to become a landowner and a landlord.

Sold into indentured servitude as a child, her bond is purchased by Anafiel Delaunay, a nobleman with a very special mission... and the first one to recognize who and what she is: one pricked by Kushiel's Dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one.

The Fed is set to end its bond purchases in October and most economists expect the first short - term rate hike by mid-2015.

It is rare but not unheard of to purchase bonds directly from an issuing authority since third parties are normally needed to issue debt in the first place

Reinvestment risk is more likely when interest rates are declining and affects the yield to maturity of a bond, which is calculated on the premise that all future coupon payments will be reinvested at the interest rate in effect when the bond was first purchased.

As I write this letter, German 10 year bonds are being purchased at a negative interest rate for the first time in history and 30 year Swiss bonds are selling at a negative 0.004 % interest rate.

a municipal bond that is secured by an escrow fund; the escrow fund comes from the issuer floating a second bond issue and using the proceeds from that second bond issue to purchase government obligations, typically U.S. Treasuries, proceeds from the second bond issue create an escrow fund to mature at the first call date of the first bond issue to pre-refund that issue; bond issuers will typically do this during times of lower interest rates to lower their interest costs

When you purchase, or sell a bond, you will want to know whether or not this bond is being offered to investors for the first time (a new issue) or if this is an older, existing bond (a secondary market transaction) meaning that the broker - dealer will either sell the existing bond from its own inventory or go out into the market to find the bond in which you want to invest.

On 2 July 2009, the Eurosystem launched its first covered bond purchase programme (CBPP1).

As the first year bond matures or rolls down outside the specified ladder range and needs to be sold, additional bonds are purchased on the furthest rung of the ladder using those proceeds.

If you are looking to add bond exposure to your portfolio, there are a few questions you have to answer first: what kind of bonds are you looking to add, what duration are you targeting, and will you be purchasing individual bonds or a bundle of bonds through bond mutual fund or ETFs?

Yes, the first three chapters of the book are dedicated to a discussion of portfolio allocation for the conservative investor (25 % -75 % common stocks, the balance in bonds) and WHEN TO PURCHASE (naturally, when the market is low).

If you purchase I Bonds by April 30, 2012, you will receive 1.53 % (3.06 % annualized) for the first six months.

This rate applies for the first six months for I Bonds purchased before May 1, 2012.

The first is called the «primary market» — this is where investors purchase bonds directly from the issuing corporations.

Let me close with a review of how I Bonds have worked out if purchased shortly after I wrote my first I Bond post on May 14, 2011.

Q: I am considering purchasing U.S. corporate bonds (individual) for the first time.

I've purchased E Bonds through payroll deduction starting when I first entered federal service after the military in the early 1970s!

In the first three tranches of gold bonds issued during the financial year 2015 - 16, about 4.50 lakh investors purchased total bonds equivalent to 4,908 kg, amounting to about Rs. 1,320 crore.

The Euro dollar became jittery at the end of the first week of February when the ECB President Mario Draghi underplayed the recent rise in the headline inflation in the European Union and justified the need for the further quantitative easing measures including the current bond purchases.

The owner of the bond must be over the age of 24 on the first day of the month that the bond is purchased.

First, the bonds can only be purchased directly from the treasury by the investor, and second, the interest rate applied to the bonds is adjusted each six months based on the CPI - measured inflation rate.

The Bureau of Public Debt runs TreasuryDirect, the first and only financial services website that lets investors purchase and redeem securities (like U.S. government bonds) directly from the U.S. Treasury.

However, after the first determination, the complainant remembered he purchased a $ 5,000 Port Authority bond in 2014, three years after the crime took place, but two full years before any details about it were made public.

In the current environment of low interest and equity growth, which will change in unpredictable fashion in the future, the ones giving the largest return in the latter years of a long lifetime (upper quartile of life expectancy) appear to be: first, delaying Social Security as long as possible; second, equities; third, longevity annuities like QLACs, especially purchased early; fourth, bonds.

Whether you are already a home owner with an existing bond or would like purchase your first home, we have a special home loan package with the following product benefits available to qualifying borrowers:

First, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in mid-June that the Fed might slow its purchase of mortgage - backed bonds, a strategy aimed at helping boost the housing market.