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High Yield Bonds: Issues Concerning Thrift Investments in High Yield Bonds

GGD-89-48 Published: Mar 02, 1989. Publicly Released: Mar 02, 1989.
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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO discussed the high-yield bond market, focusing on: (1) federally insured thrifts' investments in high-yield bonds; (2) state and federal regulation of such investments; and (3) the relationship of high-yield bonds to federal monetary policy.

 

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