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It is suggested that isothermal holding yields a more rigid compact when the equilibrium solubility is approached, and that the thermal expansion anisotropy of the WC Co system plays a role during heating.
According to the condition β ∈ ( 0, 1 2 ], 1 − 3 β 2 > 0 holds, which yields (2.2) holds directly.
Assume for a moment that we can hold gilt yields constant.
China's purchases of American Treasury bonds, along with purchases by Japan, have helped to hold down yields and hence American mortgage rates.
Since last week, the bank has been buying Italian and Spanish debt on the open market to hold down yields so the two countries do not face ruinous borrowing costs.
In the meantime, the European Central Bank has been buying Spanish and Italian bonds to try to hold the yields down — purchases that an expanded bailout program could continue if it is ratified.
With Europeans' August vacations in full swing, market activity has been subdued of late., helped by the vow of the European Central Bank president, Mario Draghi, that the E.C.B. was prepared to take whatever action necessary to defend the euro, a promise that suggests the bank will buy Spanish and Italian debt in the market to hold down yields.
And with companies having little need for more debt, banks are indulging their appetite for buying government bonds.This strategy (with the help of central banks' purchases of bonds) is helping to hold down yields, making it easier for governments to finance their deficits.
In the 1930s the Bank of Japan was compelled to buy the government's bonds, and from 1942 to 1951 the Federal Reserve agreed, at the Treasury's request, to hold Treasury yields to 2.5% or below.The risks are obvious: bond purchases expand the money supply, potentially leading to inflation.
