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Gilt-edged securities
Bonds issued by the UK government
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Bank of England (1) · Rate cuts (1) · Gilts (1) · Spring Statement (1) · Inflation (1) · Middle East crisis (1) · Oil prices (1) · Rachel Reeves (1)
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Gilt-edged securities, also referred to as gilts, are bonds issued by the UK Government. They are sterling-denominated, tradeable debt instruments that are generally regarded as carrying very low credit risk and form the core of the United Kingdom’s marketable central government debt. The term is of British origin, and referred to the debt securities issued by the Bank of England on behalf of His Majesty's Treasury, whose paper certificates had a gilt (or gilded) edge.
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