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A bond is a debt investment in which an investor loans a certain amount of money, for a certain amount of time, with a certain interest rate, to a company. A government bond is a Bond (finance) issued by a national government denominated in the countrys own currency Bonds issued by national governments in foreign currencies are normally referred to as sovereign bond . The first ever government bond was issued by the English government in 1693 to raise money to fund a war against France. It was in the form of a tontine Government bonds are usually referred to as risk-free bond , because the government can raise taxes to redeem the bond at Maturity (finance) Some counter examples do exist where a government has Default (finance) on its domestic currency debt, such as Russia in 1998 (the 1998 Russian financial crisis , though this is very rare. As an example, in the US, United States Treasury security are denominated in US dollar . In this instance, the term "risk-free" means free of credit risk However, other risks still exist, such as currency risk for foreign investors (for example non-US investors of US Treasury securities would have received lower returns in 2004 because the value of the US dollar declined against most other currencies). Secondly, there is inflation risk, in that the principal repaid at maturity will have less purchasing power than anticipated if the inflation outturn is higher than expected. Many governments issue inflation-indexed bond , which should protect investors against inflation risk.

Function

In a US government bond, it is a debt on top of existing debt where the US government exchanges with the Federal Reserve a US government bond in exchange for fiat money in the denomination value of the bond.

See also

* Consol (bond) * Government debt * Municipal bond * List of government bonds * Foreign exchange reserves of the People's Republic of China

External links

* http://www.german-gold-bonds.de/dollar-bonds/bonds.html List of German Government Dollar Gold Bonds] Category:Government bonds de:Staatsanleihe el:Κυβερνητικό ομόλογο es:Bonos del Estado fr:Emprunt d'État id:Obligasi pemerintah it:Titolo di stato nl:Staatsobligatie ja:国債 ru:Государственные облигации tl:Government bond tr:Devlet tahvili vi:Trái phiếu chính phủ