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Q6·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2021

Factors Influencing Government Bond Yields

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Question

Indian Government Bond Yields are influenced by which of the following?

  1. 1.

    Actions of the United States Federal Reserve

  2. 2.

    Actions of the Reserve Bank of India

  3. 3.

    Inflation and short-term interest rates

Options

a

1 and 2 only

b

2 only

c

3 only

d

1, 2 and 3

Answer

Explanation

All three statements are correct. Statement 1 is correct because actions of the US Federal Reserve cause capital inflows or outflows from emerging markets, impacting bond prices and yields. Statement 2 is correct as domestic open market operations and policy rates set by the RBI directly determine domestic liquidity and bond yields. Statement 3 is correct because bond yields adjust upward to compensate for higher inflation and align with prevailing short-term interest rates. > Sovereign bond yields are dynamically affected by global monetary shocks, domestic central bank policies, and inflation expectations. Answer: (d).

Question details

Year

2021

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q6

Subject

Economy

Sub-topic

Financial Markets & Instruments

Type

Statement-based

Difficulty

Medium

Nature

Static

Source hint

Indian Financial System / Macroeconomics concepts

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