The Rationale and Design of Inflation-Indexed Bonds /

A number of industrialized countries have recently offered inflation-indexed bonds. Some members of another group of countries that had earlier adopted more comprehensive indexation in response to high inflation have taken steps to reduce the scope of indexation in their economies. This paper survey...

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Main Author:	Price, Robert T
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997
Series:	IMF Working Papers ; Working Paper No. 97/12 IMF eLibrary
Subjects:	Actual inflation Annual inflation rate Annual inflation Average inflation rate Average inflation Benchmark bond Bond buyers Bond index Bond issues Bond market Bond markets Bond maturities Bond payments Bond prices Bond yields Bond Bondholders Bonds as collateral Bonds issuer Bonds Cash flow Cash flows Changes in prices Conventional bonds Corporate bonds Coupon bond Coupon bonds Current coupon bonds Denominated bonds Deposit rates Domestic bonds Domestic capital markets Domestic capital Effect of inflation Effects of inflation Equity capital Eurobond market Eurobond Expectations of inflation Financial assets Financial contracts Financial innovation Financial institutions Financial instruments Financial market Financial markets Financial sector Financial structure Financial system Fisher equation Fixed rate bonds Foreign currency Foreign exchange Futures markets Gdp deflator Government bond Government bonds net wealth Government bonds Hedge Hedges Hedging High inflation High rates of inflation Increase in inflation Index bonds Indexed bond Indexed bonds Inflation data Inflation performance Inflation process Inflation rate Inflation rates Inflation target Inflation tax Inflation Inflationary conditions Inflationary consequences Inflationary impact Inflationary pressures Inflationary shock Interest rate fluctuations Interest rate risk Internal rate of return International bond markets International bond International reserves Long term bonds Long-term bond market Long-term bonds Low inflation Lower inflation Marketable bond Measure of inflation Moderate inflation Monetary base Monetary economics Monetary policy Money growth Money market instruments Money market Money supply Nominal bonds Nominal interest rate Nominal rate of interest Outstanding bonds Percent inflation Present value Price level Price stability Purchasing power of money Rate bonds Rate of inflation Rates of inflation Real interest rate Real interest rates Real output Real rate of interest Real rates Real value Real variables Real wages Reduction in inflation Relative price Relative prices Reserve requirements Retail price index Rising inflation Sale of bonds Savings bonds Savings deposits Short-term bonds Stabilization programs Stock exchange Stock exchanges Stock market Term bond Term bonds Treasury bonds Variable inflation Zero coupon bonds Australia Brazil Canada Grenada New Zealand United Kingdom
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Summary:	A number of industrialized countries have recently offered inflation-indexed bonds. Some members of another group of countries that had earlier adopted more comprehensive indexation in response to high inflation have taken steps to reduce the scope of indexation in their economies. This paper surveys debt management, monetary policy, and welfare arguments on the use of inflation-indexed bonds, and relates these to the experiences of various issuers. The paper also considers some important design features of indexed bonds
Physical Description:	1 online resource (69 pages)
ISBN:	1451842864:
ISSN:	1018-5941
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The Rationale and Design of Inflation-Indexed Bonds /

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