treasuries

Investors lend out Treasuries overnight in the so-called repo market, and get the bonds and a small interest payment back the next day.

通常情况下，投资者在所谓的回购市场上隔夜借出美国国债，次日收回并获得一小笔利息收入。

There are also widespread lottery programmes, to which state treasuries have grown just as addicted as working-class punters.

还有流行甚广的彩票项目——各州财政也慢慢变得和工人阶级彩民一样沉溺于彩票。

The flight to the safe haven of U. S. Treasuries will assure lower yields and cheaper borrowing rates and a stronger U. S. Dollar, she said.

全球经济活动将不可避免地受到消极影响，利率下滑压力产生。她认为美国国库将保证低利率的贷款率和更强势的美元，借以维护金融市场稳定。

People generally do not fall in love with government bonds, and Treasuries have no other use to compensate for a fall in value.

人们通常不会钟情于政府债券，而国债也没有其他用途可以抵消贬值。

However, if it were to sell dollar-denominated treasuries, several bad things would happen.

然而，如果出售美元计价的美国国债，一些不好的事情会发生。

"A few more results like that" in sales of long-dated Treasuries "should not bode well for the dollar, " he said.

“若再有几次长债标售的结果像这样，对美元可不是好兆头。”他说。

Coard said he had not expected the two-year yield to dip much below 0. 50 percent but that Treasuries at current levels seemed overbought.

Coard称，预计两年期公债收益率不会跌至远低于0.5%之下，但以目前的水平来看，公债超买。

On the face of it, a gloomy outlook argues for Treasuries.

表面看来，暗淡的经济前景有利于国债投资。

The bank explained it was buying Treasuries as an indirect way of lowering private borrowing rates.

美联储解释称，它购买国债是为了以一种间接方式降低私人借款利率。

Buying Treasuries, bunds or gilts provides a bit of insurance against this risk.

购买美国国债、德国国债或英国国债，会为对抗这种风险提供些许保障。

One consideration is the current extraordinary steepness of the yield curve, which serves as a sort of anchor for longer-dated Treasuries.

一个考虑因素是，收益率曲线——在某种程度上它指出了美国国债的长期走势——目前异常陡峭。

"The figures definitely suggest that worries about China diversifying away from Treasuries are overblown, " he said.

“这些数据显然表明，人们对于中国减持美国国债、对储备资产进行多元化调整的担忧有些过度，”他说。

Yet if China has few options but to keep buying US Treasuries, it can still try to turn its investments into some sort of leverage.

然而，如果说中国除了继续购买美国国债之外别无选择，它仍可设法将自己的投资转化为某种影响力。

The answer is just less than a third, since various agencies like the Social Security Trust Fund are major holders of U. S. Treasuries.

这问题的答案是少于三分之一，而社会保障信托基金这样的许多机构是美国国库债券的主要持有者。

The bubble in Treasuries looks ready to pop, sending prices on government debt sharply lower.

泡沫国债期看来即将破裂，将大幅压低政府债券的价格。

A greater supply of Treasuries could improve lending in the repo market over the next few days, said traders.

交易员表示，扩大国债供应，可能会改善未来几天回购市场的借贷情况。

That began after the Fed announced in September that it would buy long-dated Treasuries in a move known as Operation Twist.

美联储今年9月宣布采取名为“扭转操作”（OperationTwist）的措施，买入长期国债，利率随之开始走低。

A bearish stance toward Treasuries and a bullish one toward the rest of the bond market represents the consensus view.

对国债的看跌和对其余的债券看涨代表一致的意见。

If the Asian central banks mop up the hot money and buy US treasuries with it, it depresses the US bond yield and boosts the US economy.

如果亚洲央行吸收了这些热钱，并用来购买美国长期国债，这就压低了美国债券收益率，提升了美国经济。

It can have short-term effects, but if it is buying Treasuries by creating money, they are going to be the only buyer.

其措施短期可能见效，但如果是通过创造货币来购买公债，最终联储将成为公债唯一的买家。