France issues inflation-indexed bond

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FRANCE - The French government last week significantly expanded the worldwide market for inflation-indexed bonds by issuing the first true Euroland-based inflation-indexed bond.

Though the issuer and credit of this inflation-indexed bond is France, the bond has been issued in euros and will pay out based solely on the Euroland-wide harmonised Consumer Price Index inflation...

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