sovereign
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The Ministry of Finance is scheduled to auction about 2.6 trillion yen of 10-year sovereign debt on Tuesday and around 600 billion yen of 30-year JGBs on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The hunger for capital has pushed bond yields higher, even in sovereign debt.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Even Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir, a staunch europhile, has made it clear that in any future negotiations Reykjavik would insist on retaining "sovereign control over all fisheries".
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
It’s the foundation for the entire sovereign debt market — and is so widely honored that in 2002, Russia was still paying obligations from the time of the czars.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
"A golden sovereign, a silver sixpence, a copper penny, and a fresh shiny farthing," said the man.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
Normally a potential reluctance among those three sovereigns to buy U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
These developments don’t threaten dollar dominance today or tomorrow, but they reflect a genuine, if gradual, de-risking impulse among sovereigns who have concluded that some diversification away from dollar concentration is prudent.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Tim Ash, senior strategist at RBC Bluebay Asset Management, pointed out in a posting on X, that sovereigns do not request swap lines lightly.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 20, 2026
Dina McCormick will work on “partnering with governments and sovereigns to build, deploy, invest in, and finance Meta’s infrastructure,” according to Zuckerberg.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
Through the sound of the shivering glass I could hear the “ting” of the gold, as some of the sovereigns fell on the flagging.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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