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  • noun Plural form of gilt.

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Examples

  • The change in gilts is an oddity to do with pension funding requirements and actually shows that we need to be less concerned about debt than you say - because we can refinance it all at 1%.

    Labour Has Doubled Income Tax Since 1997 2006

  • While the current spread of 2.5 percentage points over 10-year gilts is wide by historical standards, interest rates are likely to rise by 2014.

    Betting on London's Soaring Skyline Ren 2010

  • The UK announced plans to raise an extra £37. 4bn ($56. 5bn) in gilts this year in the PBR.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • The UK announced plans to raise an extra £37. 4bn ($56. 5bn) in gilts this year in the PBR.

    Would you buy a bond from Gordon Brown Not a sheep 2008

  • In the provisional plan, short - and medium-term gilts with maturities of up to 15 years make up 65% of supply.

    Balancing Gilt Issues 2009

  • One would say that at current yield levels and spread levels, no one had considered that there was any residual threat to the UK triple-A rating for the foreseeable future, so the boost to sterling and gilts is short lived.

    The Guardian World News Julia Kollewe 2010

  • Simon Ward, economist at New Star, points out that it plans to buy medium and long-term gilts, which are more likely to be held by insurers and pension companies, which have escaped the extremes of recent credit problems.

    This is Money | Home 2009

  • Simon Ward, economist at New Star, points out that it plans to buy medium and long-term gilts, which are more likely to be held by insurers and pension companies, which have escaped the extremes of recent credit problems.

    This is Money | Home 2009

  • The prices of long-term gilts have surged 20\% over the last few days in anticipation, which has resulted in yields on the benchmark 10-year bond dropping to a record low.

    BBC (UK) Homepage main promotional content 2009

  • The assets to be purchased include both high-grade corporate securities and medium-to long-term gilts (maturities between 5 and 25 years).

    FT.com | Blogs 2009

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