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In response to "Me dumb. Explain to me why, when a country is about to default, bonds become popular. -- nm" by Mop on Macbook Air

It's the opposite of popular. Risk is so high that the yield has to increase in order to attract buyers. -- nm

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Nov 7 '11, 14:35

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Ah. I see. We need you to buy our bonds so we can build roads. Don't want to buy them? What if we promised 10% return? 15%? 20%? - Mop on Macbook Air Nov 7, 14:41 1
- Sort of. This is really sales of the already outstanding bonds among traders I believe. So people are selling them at growing discounts that - pmb Nov 7, 14:45

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