The total amount of all government securities outstanding.
1Earlier this month, Rieder said that long-term government debt was particularly risky.
2You could of course eschew government debt altogether, looking elsewhere for diversification.
3It also use reverse repurchase agreements collateralized by highly-rated EU government debt.
4China has publicly promised to buy government debt from Greece and Spain.
5British government debt prices extended losses after that comment by Mr King.
6But almost half of euro zone government debt now has negative yields.
7Prices of U.S. government debt fell as investors felt comfortable buying stocks.
8Failing to do that could risk an economy-shaking U.S. government debt default.
9But if slow growth and revenue shortfalls persist, government debt will increase.
10Strength in stocks also sapped the safe-haven allure of U.S. government debt.
11The cost of insuring government debt against default surged to record highs.
12The Chinese and European data fueled price gains in U.S. government debt.
13The Chinese and European data fuelled price gains in U.S. government debt.
14MF has long-term agreements in which European government debt securities are collateral.
15U.S. government debt prices slipped back as investors turned to riskier assets.
16Zhou added that China's central government debt-to-GDP ratio is not very high.