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Gilts

UK government bonds — equivalent of US Treasuries.

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Issued by HM Treasury via the Debt Management Office. The 2022 "mini-budget" gilt crisis (LDI-driven yield spike) showed how gilts can transmit pension stress to global markets. Index-linked gilts are UK's TIPS equivalent.

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