Confederation debt management since 1970

Abstract This paper analyzes the Confederation’s debt management. The Confederation actively manages roll over and interest rate risk by increasing bond maturity with increasing marketable debt-to-GDP levels. It further engages in active but asymmetric, one-sided interest rate positioning; i.e., it...

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Main Authors: Basil Guggenheim, Mario Meichle, Thomas Nellen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-09-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41937-019-0042-6