Category: G

1. Category level, quality rating, or step-wise rank. 2. Scaled classification. 3. To make a bumpy surface even or smooth. 4. A building or structure horizontal ground level 5. Another name for grad. 6. Another name for gradient.

A DEBT instrument issued by a governmental authority as a funding mechanism. Government bonds are generally issued on a fixed or floating rate, COUPON BEARING, basis, with maturities extending from 1 to 30 years; those within the 1 to 10 year sector may be referred to as government notes. Some countries also feature INFLATION LINKED SECURITIES within their government issuance programs. Government bonds issued by industrialized nations are generally quite LIQUID (and may be very liquid in the BENCHMARK) and extremely creditworthy, with virtually no risk of DEFAULT. See also GOVERNMENT BILL.

This term is applied to the true and lawful government as opposed to one with a dictator.

Government-and-agencies-issued debt securities, fully backed by faith and credit, tallied to an aggregate value.

Mutual fund investing without default risk most or all of its monies ,for comparatively low interest rate return, in government debt securities.

Government interruption of actions taken based on an entityÕs decisions. Typically, a regulatory-based interruption. Typically, concerning social and economic issues.

A US governmentowned CORPORATION (and agency of the Department of Housing and Urban Development) that purchases residential MORTGAGES guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Federal Housing Administration and pools them into MORTGAGEBACKED SECURITIES (MBS); GNMA MBS, which essentially convert ILLIQUID mortgage ASSETS into marketable securities, carry the agency

Government backed and guaranteed debt security. Also refer to commercial paper.

What the government buys from the private sector. Promised government contracts with the private sector typically triggers economic confidence, stagnant from a lack of private company purchasing. This is important to the economy overall.

Long-term securities with the highest market ratings sold by a government to finance its borrowings. Can be bonds, notes, and other debt instruments.