Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A US Treasury bill.
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- noun US, finance A
Treasury bill .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a short-term obligation that is not interest-bearing (it is purchased at a discount); can be traded on a discount basis for 91 days
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Examples
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Institutions are also nervous, as very short-term T-bill rates have spiked, therefore causing the yield curve to flatten out.
Forbes.com: News Tom Aspray 2011
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He said demand was good both from domestic and international accounts, while the six-month T-bill was priced with a yield around 0.06 percentage point below the market before the auction, while the CTZ was in line with the secondary market.
German Bond Auction Flops Emese Bartha 2011
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Right now, the yield on the 12-month T-bill is. 25% and the rate of consumer inflation as purported by the government is about 1%.
Michael Pento: Why David Tepper Is Only Half Right Michael Pento 2010
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Jan von Gerich , chief analyst at Nordea, said the ECB's presence in the bond markets had a clear effect on Wednesday's T-bill auction, with the yield down sharply compared with the previous auction.
Italy Passes First Test as Treasury Sells Bills Emese Bartha 2011
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Right now, the yield on the 12-month T-bill is. 25% and the rate of consumer inflation as purported by the government is about 1%.
Michael Pento: Why David Tepper Is Only Half Right Michael Pento 2010
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The yield on the T-bill fell to 1.421%, compared with 1.698% at the previous auction on Dec. 29, while on the CTZ it fell to 2.626% from 2.927%.
German Bond Auction Flops Emese Bartha 2011
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Given the U.S. debt ceiling is north of $14 trillion, and the first T-bill at risk has a face value of $30 billion—more than the GDP of many small countries—he has a point.
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The yield on the three-month T-bill was 0.01 percent.
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While Eonia rates have inched up over the last month, Italian T-bill rates fell across the yield curve, particularly in the three- to six-month area, benefiting from easing debt jitters in the euro zone's periphery, making the Italian T-bill look "much richer" against Eonia than one month ago, UniCredit's Mr. Cremonesi added.
German Bond Auction Flops Emese Bartha 2011
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Right now, the yield on the 12-month T-bill is. 25% and the rate of consumer inflation as purported by the government is about 1%.
Michael Pento: Why David Tepper Is Only Half Right Michael Pento 2010
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