Question

The delivery of a type of these things can be postponed via a “wild card option,” which gives parties a few extra hours. Between 1877 and 1930 in the US, consols were examples of the “perpetual” type of these things. TIPS are an inflation-indexed example of these things, adjusted based on the CPI. Using an overlapping-generation model, Robert Barro determined these things should not be perceived as net wealth. Interest payments received by holders of these assets are called coupons. To increase (10[3])liquidity, (10[1])central (10[1])banks purchase long-term examples (10[1])of these assets (10[2])in quantitative easing. Series EE and Series I (“eye”) types of these assets are issued by the Treasury. For 10 points, what securities issued by the government are often considered less risky than stocks? ■END■

ANSWER: government bonds [or Treasury bonds; or T-bonds; prompt on government securities until read; prompt on Treasury securities until read; prompt on Treasury bills]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Derek ChenColumbia CCornell B8110
Kaiden CareyPenn BMaryland B8110
Eva Lettiere-RobertsGeorge Washington ANYU B8110
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegeNYU A8210
William BrokerHaverford BColumbia B8310
Sam MacchiVassar AYale A8710
Danny HanPenn AGeorge Washington B9010
Emma ByronRutgers AJohns Hopkins A9010

Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%96.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y5100%0%0%75.60
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%86.00
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%64.67
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%100.67
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%20%95.80
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%83.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%80.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%25%100.75
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%30%111.30
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%0%84.38
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%89.67