1
: an embankment used especially in India to control the flow of water
2
: an embanked thoroughfare along a river or the sea especially in the Far East
often capitalized
: a political association: such as
a
: a Jewish socialist organization founded in czarist Russia in 1897
b
: a pro-Nazi German-American organization of the 1930s
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 20 Nov. 2024
French bond yields are gapping out against German bunds’, the euro has weakened and fears are rising of further destabilization of the region’s alliances.
—Lisa Abramowicz, Bloomberg.com, 14 June 2024
The spread between 10-year Portuguese bonds and bunds, for example, has roughly halved to about 65 basis points since a mid-2022 peak.
—Rodrigo Orihuela, Fortune Europe, 9 Apr. 2024
The first three years after the bund was breached were particularly dry.
—Bianca Nogrady, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
The yield premium investors demand to hold the country’s 10-year notes instead of German bunds has shrunk to about 176 basis points from a peak of 422 basis points mid-last year.
—Peter Laca, Fortune Europe, 27 Nov. 2023
Yields on government bonds, including benchmark German bunds, declined slightly.
—Chelsey Dulaney, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
Germany’s benchmark 10-year bund rose to 2.55%; Spain's increased to 3.56% and Italy's rose to 4.20%.
—Will Horner, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2023
Yields on 10-year German bunds, the eurozone's go-to safe asset, jumped to 2.631%, from 2.481% Wednesday.
—WSJ, 6 July 2023
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The yield on 2-year bunds, meanwhile, was up by around 1 basis point at 2.151%.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 20 Nov. 2024
French bond yields are gapping out against German bunds’, the euro has weakened and fears are rising of further destabilization of the region’s alliances.
—Lisa Abramowicz, Bloomberg.com, 14 June 2024
The spread between 10-year Portuguese bonds and bunds, for example, has roughly halved to about 65 basis points since a mid-2022 peak.
—Rodrigo Orihuela, Fortune Europe, 9 Apr. 2024
The first three years after the bund was breached were particularly dry.
—Bianca Nogrady, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
The yield premium investors demand to hold the country’s 10-year notes instead of German bunds has shrunk to about 176 basis points from a peak of 422 basis points mid-last year.
—Peter Laca, Fortune Europe, 27 Nov. 2023
Yields on government bonds, including benchmark German bunds, declined slightly.
—Chelsey Dulaney, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
Germany’s benchmark 10-year bund rose to 2.55%; Spain's increased to 3.56% and Italy's rose to 4.20%.
—Will Horner, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2023
Yields on 10-year German bunds, the eurozone's go-to safe asset, jumped to 2.631%, from 2.481% Wednesday.
—WSJ, 6 July 2023
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