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2. Government bond - Wikipedia

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   A government bond or sovereign bond is a form of bond issued by a government to support public spending. It generally includes a commitment to pay periodic interest, called coupon payments, and to repay the face value on the maturity date. For example, a bondholder invests $20,000, called face value or principal, into a 10-year government bond ...

3. Gilt-edged securities - Wikipedia

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   Gilt-edged securities, also referred to as gilts, are bonds issued by the UK Government. The term is of British origin, and then referred to the debt securities issued by the Bank of England on behalf of His Majesty's Treasury, whose paper certificates had a gilt (or gilded) edge, hence the name. In 2002, the data collected by the British ...

4. Risk-free rate - Wikipedia

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   Euribor-12m (red), 3m (blue), 1w (green) value. The return on domestically held short-dated government bonds is normally perceived as a good proxy for the risk-free rate. In business valuation the long-term yield on the US Treasury coupon bonds is generally accepted as the risk-free rate of return. However, theoretically this is only correct if ...

5. Taxation in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   Tax revenues as a percentage of GDP for the UK in comparison to the OECD and the EU 15. In 1971, the top rate of income tax on earned income was cut to 75%. A surcharge of 15% on investment income kept the overall top rate on that income at 90%. In 1974 the top tax rate on earned income was again raised, to 83%.

6. Fresh fears for house prices after fastest drop in 12 years - AOL

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   The gilt yields on 10-year UK government bonds – a key indicator of the cost of borrowing – rose above the peak reached in the autumn in the wake of the disastrous mini-Budget. It comes amid ...

7. Risk-free bond - Wikipedia

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   Risk-free bond. A risk-free bond is a theoretical bond that repays interest and principal with absolute certainty. The rate of return would be the risk-free interest rate. It is primary security, which pays off 1 unit no matter state of economy is realized at time . So its payoff is the same regardless of what state occurs.