government securities
Definition
Securities issued by a government to raise the funds necessary to pay for its expenses.
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Related terms:
Desk (the), Federal Open Market Committee, Federal Reserve System, FOMC, open market operation, reverse repurchase agreement, settlement date, Bureau of Public Debt
'government securities' appears in these other terms:
Government Securities Clearing Corporation
'government securities' appears in the definitions of these other terms on BusinessDictionary.com: repo rate, risk adjusted discount rate, national debt, TED Spread, repo, and 
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