AUSTRALIA GOVERNMENT BOND 10Y

Australia's Government Bond Yield for 10 Year Notes declined 59 basis points during the last 30 days which means it became less expensive for Australia to borrow money from investors. During the last 12 months, Australia government bond yield declining 2.10 percent. Historically, from 1969 until 2012, Australia Government Bond 10Y averaged 7.9 Percent reaching an all time high of 16.4 Percent in May of 1982 and a record low of 3.1 Percent in May of 2012. Generally, a government bond is issued by a national government and is denominated in the country`s own currency. Bonds issued by national governments in foreign currencies are normally referred to as sovereign bonds. The yield required by investors to loan funds to governments reflects inflation expectations and the likelihood that the debt will be repaid. This page includes a chart with historical data for Australia Government Bond 10Y.


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Australia Government Bond 10Y


Government Bond 10Y
A government bond is a security issued by a national government denominated in the country's own currency. The most common process of issuing bonds is through underwriting. In underwriting, one or more securities firms or banks, forming a syndicate, buy an entire issue of bonds from an issuer and re-sell them to investors. The security firm takes the risk of being unable to sell on the issue to end investors. However government bonds are instead typically auctioned. Bonds issued by national governments in foreign currencies are normally referred to as sovereign bonds. The first ever government bond was issued by the English government in 1693 to raise money to fund a war against France. In the past, Government bonds were usually referred to as risk-free bonds, because governments could easily devaluate their currencies or raise taxes to redeem the bond at maturity. However, the recent downgrade of the United States debt rating and the on-going sovereign debt crisis in the European Union has cast serious doubts into those risk-free assumptions. Moreover, unless governments issue inflation-indexed bonds, there is inflation risk, in that the principal repaid at maturity will have less purchasing power than anticipated if the inflation outturn is higher than expected.



AUSTRALIA NEWS

Australia's Unemployment Down to 4.9% in April
Published: 5/10/2012 11:58:25 AM By: TradingEconomics.com, ABS
Australia's unemployment rate decreased 0.2 pts to 4.9%. The male unemployment rate decreased 0.2 pts to 4.8% and the female unemployment rate decreased 0.2 pts to 5.1%.

Australia Reports Trade Deficit for Third Month
Published: 5/8/2012 11:31:23 AM By: TradingEconomics.com, ABS
In seasonally adjusted terms, the balance on goods and services was a deficit of $1,587m in March 2012, a rise of $833m on the deficit in February 2012.

Australia Cuts Rates to 3.75%
Published: 5/1/2012 11:30:40 AM By: TradingEconomics.com, RBA
At its meeting on May 1st, the Board decided to lower the cash rate by 50 basis points to 3.75 per cent, effective 2 May 2012. This decision is based on information received over the past few months that suggests that economic conditions have been somewhat weaker than expected, while inflation has moderated.

Australian Annual Inflation Down to 1.6% in Q1
Published: 4/24/2012 11:49:36 AM By: TradingEconomics.com, ABS
The CPI rose 1.6% through the year to the March quarter 2012, compared with a rise of 3.1% through the year to the December quarter 2011.

Australia's Unemployment Rate Steady at 5.2% in March
Published: 4/12/2012 11:31:07 AM By: TradingEconomics.com, ABS
Employment increased 44,000 (0.4%) to 11,491,200. Full-time employment increased 15,800 (0.2%) to 8,080,400 and part-time employment increased 28,200 (0.8%) to 3,410,900.

Australia Reports Trade Deficit in February
Published: 4/4/2012 11:03:26 AM By: TradingEconomics.com, ABS
In seasonally adjusted terms, the balance on goods and services was a deficit of $480m in February 2012, a fall of $491m on the deficit in January 2012.

Reserve Bank of Australia Leaves Interest Rates Steady
Published: 4/3/2012 1:34:36 PM By: TradingEconomics.com, RBA
The board of the Reserve Bank of Australia has left interest rates unchanged at 4.25 per cent at its monthly meeting.

Australia Reports Trade Deficit in January
Published: 3/9/2012 11:40:09 AM By: TradingEconomics.com, ABS
In seasonally adjusted terms, Australia reported a trade deficit of $673m in January 2012, a turnaround of $1,998m on the surplus in December 2011.

Australia's Unemployment Rate Up to 5.2% in February
Published: 3/8/2012 12:29:16 PM By: TradingEconomics.com, ABS
Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased 0.1 percentage points to 5.2 per cent in February.

Australia's GDP Growth Slows in Q4
Published: 3/7/2012 11:15:41 AM By: TradingEconomics.com, ABS
In seasonally adjusted terms, GDP increased 0.4% in the December quarter; through the year GDP growth was 2.3%.

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