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News results for UK Government Gilts
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The yield on 10-year index-linked gilts is now just under 1.25%, while that of 50-year gilts recently hit just 0.38%, well below the UK long-term average of about 3%. It is also well under the yield on similar US government bonds, which yield roughly 1.5%. The bond market is pricing interest rates at only 0.25%
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Government backed stock, known as 'Gilts' are loans made to the Government by in effect the investors. Much of the national debt is comprised of Government Gilts, so when the Government needs to 'borrow' more, it simply issues a new Gilt.
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Website of the UK government ... Please note that this website has a UK government accesskeys system. ... gilts - bonds issued by the UK government...
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Website of the Telegraph Media Group with breaking news, sport, business, latest UK and world news. ... Britain's ability to borrow tens of billions of pounds to fight the economic crisis has been called into question after the Treasury failed to sell Government gilts for the first time in more than a decade.
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The increasing risk now attached to owning gilts is underlined by the fact that investors are demanding a much smaller yield to own debt sold by Germany. ... UK government bond prices fell sharply in London on Thursday as the pre-Budget report failed to allay concerns over the state of Britain's public finances.
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