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Meaning of government securities in English:

government securities

plural noun

‘However, Poland and Hungary did manage to meet their budget financing requirements by issuing government securities.’

‘The institution would fund its operations with earnings from the government securities on its balance sheet.’
‘When the central bank buys these government securities, it puts money in the hands of the public.’
‘Someone who is in his or her sixties, on the other hand, will have a higher concentration of investments with guaranteed rates of return such as certificate of deposits or government securities.’
‘Another class of money market funds purchases both U.S. government securities and investments in various government-sponsored enterprises.’
‘Today the principal element, quantitatively, among the earning assets of banks is government securities.’
‘Historically, government securities have earned only 1% to 2% above inflation.’
‘The central bank auctions government securities on behalf of the Finance Ministry.’
‘As a result, corporate liquid assets - things like cash and government securities - are up by over $100 billion over the past year.’
‘Some kinds of investments that may have high yields, such as government securities, require a relatively high minimum investment and so are unavailable to most people in developing countries.’
‘He promised that regulators will make sure that foreign companies abide by the same rules as American outfits, especially when U.S. government securities are involved.’
‘More recently the Bank of England auctioned off more than half of her gold reserves at record low prices, to replace it with U.S. government securities at record high prices.’
‘Implement moderately expansionary fiscal policy, facilitate structural adjustment, and issue more government securities to increase fiscal revenue.’
‘During the past year and a half, China bought more than $100 billion in U.S. government securities.’
‘The funds were invested in stocks and government securities.’
‘Overall, the effective rate shows a reasonably close correlation to the rates on other government securities.’
‘Just look at what's happening to the prices of longer-dated government securities.’
‘As a result banks have become risk averse tying up more than three-quarters of their balance sheets in government securities.’
‘Conversely, when a central bank sells government securities the money supply contracts.’
‘Although no limit was imposed on the issue volume, they were forbidden to make loans guaranteed by their own shares, or to overdraw or negotiate in government securities.’