21.   Why are government bonds which still have eleven months to run regarded as liquid, whereas overdrafts granted for a few weeks are not?

22.   What effect would a substantial increase in the sale of government bonds and Treasury bills have on interest rates?

23.   These reserves included balances with the Bank of England, money at call, bills of exchange and government bonds with less than one year to maturity.

24.   The product range was extended during the half-year to include Dutch and German government bonds.

25.   They stock up on financial assets such as government bonds, and the government realizes profits by spending its borrowings on buying commodities.

26.   Also today the ministry said it was banning Nomura from bidding on new sales of government bonds until the ministry decides how to punish the brokerage.

27.   Also, as benchmark government bonds rallied and rates fell, zeroes gained more than comparable interest-paying bonds.

28.   Also, most emerging debt is government bonds -- safer and more liquid than private bonds.

29.   An alternative is Japanese government bonds, but they too have given investors a scare in recent weeks.

30.   An auction of two-year government bonds, which are aimed at individual investors, went well, culling an above-par result.