Perpetual bonds - Eikyukousai

Japanese: 永久公債 - えいきゅうこうさい
Perpetual bonds - Eikyukousai

Perpetual government bonds have no maturity date. They are different from fixed-term government bonds, which have a set maturity date. The government only pays a fixed interest rate periodically, and is not obligated to repay the principal. If the government wishes to avoid the burden of interest payments, or if it wishes to manipulate the market in order to control the liquidity of the entire economy, it can buy, redeem, or sell them at any time in the market. An example of perpetual government bonds is consolidated annuities (consols), which began to be issued in the UK in 1751. To date, they have not been issued in Japan.

[Tsuguo Fujino]

[Reference] | Government Bonds

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

償還期限のない無期限公債をいう。償還期限の定まっている有期公債に対するもの。政府は一定の利子を定期的に支払うだけで、元金償還の義務は永久にない公債である。政府が利子支払いの負担を免れようとする場合、あるいは経済全体の流動性をコントロールする目的で市場操作をしようとする場合には、市場において随時買上げ償還ないし売却することができる。永久公債の例としては、1751年にイギリスで発行され始めたコンソル公債consolidated annuities, consolsがある。日本では現在までのところ発行されたことはない。

[藤野次雄]

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