21.   A plan to cut the federal budget deficit could help bonds by reducing the available supply of Treasuries, which the government sells to pay for its budget shortfalls.

22.   A person close to the banks said the loan, which expires in April, will likely be extended until the government can sell bonds to pay it off.

23.   A plan to cut the federal budget deficit could help bonds by reducing the available supply of Treasuries, which the government sells to pay for its activities.

24.   After five years of delay, the Austrian government will finally sell its stake in Creditanstalt-Bankverein this year, its chief executive said.

25.   After the government sold the sugar refinery to a private business nearly two years ago, residents armed themselves and took over banks and jails, local leaders said.

26.   After three years of trying to spend itself into a recovery, the government has sold so many bonds that supply is ballooning.

27.   After two years, the Polish government has sold only three of the banks, with varying success, in a market glutted with banks shares.

28.   After two years, the Polish government has sold three of the banks, in a market glutted with bank shares.

29.   British government bonds fell after the report, amid concern the wider gap will require the government to sell more bonds.

30.   Budget deficits are the bane of bond markets because governments may sell more bonds to meet their financing requirements.