Sentence examples for treasuries used from inspiring English sources

And, Joe, you might recall that U.S. Treasuries used to be AAA.

These may be fine for small investors, but big- money types who speculate with Treasurys use them to hedge positions or simply buy and hold the paper.

But Fitch also points to repo markets — crucial plumbing for the global financial system — where an estimated $4 trillion of United States Treasuries are used as collateral.

Do you understand that federal and state tax dollars withheld or paid to the public treasury are used to pay our elected officials?

Finally, it is important to challenge the legitimacy of external creditors' financial claims when they involve repayment of funds lent to governments that systematically looted the public treasury or used public funds (including those supplied by external borrowers) for domestic repression in order to maintain power.

Mr. Martino is sticking to a strategy of gradually selling five-year Treasuries and using cash to buy nongovernment debt for its higher yield.

(In principle, the government treasuries could use their savings to cut marginal tax rates or increase them less than they would have.

The forecasting firm Macroeconomic Advisers said that it would be difficult for the Fed to extend that strategy, nicknamed Operation Twist, because it is running out of short-term Treasuries and risks cornering the market for long-term Treasuries, which are used as grease and ballast in a wide range of transactions.

Financial activities that used Treasuries as if they were honest-to-god risk-free assets might be disrupted.

Once again big unregulated donations from corporations, unions and rich individuals are pouring into party treasuries and being used for campaigns in violation of the campaign laws.

Consumers and businesses also would face higher borrowing costs because the rates on Treasuries are widely used as a benchmark to set the rates on other kinds of loans.