The Money Farm Team

A Liberty Bond is a debt obligation issued jointly by the United States Treasury and the Federal Reserve. It was a war bond, sometimes known as a Liberty Loan, issued in four payments in 1917-18 to fund the United States’ participation in World War I and the Allied war effort in Europe. What is the […]

Governments must fund projects and day-to-day operations, as well as provide economic stimulus. This money is raised mostly through taxes, although it is also borrowed. Government bonds are a sort of loan in which investors give money to the government to help it pay its obligations and support its spending. Coupon payments are interest payments

Infrastructure bonds are debt securities issued to raise funds for long-term infrastructure development projects (construction of roads, railways, ports, etc.). Infrastructure bonds are sold in the form of municipal special-purpose bonds and corporate infrastructure bonds around the world. What is the purpose of an infrastructure bond? Bond financing is a sort of long-term borrowing that

Junk bonds are those that have a higher chance of default than most corporate and government bonds. A bond is a debt or commitment to pay interest and return invested principle to investors in exchange for purchasing the bond. Junk bonds are bonds issued by corporations that are experiencing financial difficulties and are at a

The payment of interest income on the principal of an index-linked bond is connected to a certain price index, usually the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This feature provides safety to investors by protecting them from changes in the underlying index. The cash flows of the bond are modified so that the bond holder receives a

A bond is an interest-bearing asset that requires the issuer to pay the bondholder a certain amount of money at regular intervals (known as a coupon) and to repay the loan principle at maturity. At maturity, zero-coupon bonds pay both the imputed interest and the principal. What exactly are interest-bearing assets? They are long-term investments

NEWS: The new Series I savings bonds have an initial interest rate of 7.12 percent. I bonds can be purchased at that rate until April 2022. What are the benefits of Series I bonds? Interest income on Series I bonds is taxable at the federal level, but not at the state and municipal levels. The

Governments and businesses both require funding for projects and expansion. Infrastructure bonds are debt instruments that are used to support government-sponsored infrastructure projects in a given country. Governments or government-approved infrastructure companies or non-banking financial companies issue them. In India, which infrastructure bonds are the best? Mr. Piyush Goyal, India’s Finance Minister, recently estimated that

Intermediate debt, often known as medium-term debt, refers to bonds with maturities ranging from two to ten years. These fixed income instruments have yields that are between between short- and long-term loans. With the recent drop in long-term debt issuance, issuers and investors have placed a larger emphasis on medium-term debt. How do intermediate bond

The payment of interest income on the principal of an index-linked bond is connected to a certain price index, usually the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Investors are protected by this provision, which shields them from changes in the underlying index. The cash flows of the bond are modified so that the bond holder receives a