1.   The numerator is the value of the RPI eight months prior to the month of the relevant coupon or principal payment.

2.   Another attractive feature is that many of the bonds are insured, with interest and principal payments protected.

3.   Argentina is doing the borrowing now to assure that it has the cash on hand to meet the principal payments on existing debt that come due this year.

4.   As for Jinro Ltd. and three other core subsidiaries, the lenders will agree to delay principal payments on bonds and reduce their interest payments.

5.   Because Reiners was making timely interest and principal payments, the scheme might have continued for some time.

6.   Bonds later fell anew as commodity prices rose, signalling that inflation could be poised to accelerate and eat into the value of bond interest and principal payments.

7.   Bonds rise and fall in the opposite direction of forecasts for inflation, which eats into the value of principal payments.

8.   A benign inflation outlook buoys bonds because it means fixed interest and principal payments keep their value better over time.

9.   A benign inflation outlook buoys bonds because it means fixed interest and principal payments retain their value better over time.

10.   A zero-coupon bond is created by breaking a bond into two parts -- one with interest payments, the other with principal payments -- that are sold separately.