investors who protest monetary or fiscal policies they consider inflationary by selling bonds

The term bond vigilantes was coined by economist Edward Yardeni in 1984 to describe investors who protest monetary or fiscal policies they consider inflationary by selling bonds.

investors who pull the plug on governments they perceive as unable or unwilling to pay their debts

Bond vigilantes are investors who pull the plug on governments they perceive as unable or unwilling to pay their debts.

people/institutions that insist on coupon rates

Bond Vigilantes are people/institutions that insist on coupon rates (i.e. interest rates paid on bonds) being high enough to offset inflation.

a large bond trader who threatens to sell bonds to keep issuers in line with that trader's interests

A bond vigilante is a large bond trader who threatens to sell bonds to keep issuers in line with that trader's interests.

a nostalgic twist on an old-west theme

The term 'Bond Vigilantes' is a nostalgic twist on an old-west theme.

to market participants who effectively self-regulate interest rates via the buying and of bonds in accordance with their perceived intrinsic value selling

Bond vigilantes refer to market participants who effectively self-regulate interest rates via the buying and selling of bonds in accordance with their perceived intrinsic value.

investors protesting monetary or fiscal policies by dumping Treasuries

“Bond vigilante” was coined by strategist Ed Yardeni in the 1980s to refer to investors protesting monetary or fiscal policies by dumping Treasuries.

a bond market investor who protests a country’s fiscal policies by selling off fiscal policies's bonds and refusing to buy them

A bond vigilante is a bond market investor who protests a country’s fiscal policies by selling off fiscal policies's bonds and refusing to buy them.

to market participants who effectively self-regulate interest rates via the buying and selling of bonds in accordance with their perceived intrinsic value

Bond vigilantes refer to market participants who effectively self-regulate interest rates via the buying and selling of bonds in accordance with their perceived intrinsic value.

chimeras

Bond vigilantes are chimeras: the bond markets want more of the debt of Western countries with activist central banks, not less.

a bond market investor who protests a country’s fiscal policies by selling off fiscal policies's bonds and refusing to buy The Chinese

A bond vigilante is a bond market investor who protests a country’s fiscal policies by selling off fiscal policies's bonds and refusing to buy The Chinese .

an idealization of bond investors

The “bond vigilantes” are an idealization of bond investors.

anti-establishment figures who were said to have rebelled

Last seen in full force in the inflationary early 1980s, bond vigilantes were anti-establishment figures who were said to have rebelled.

the monstrous villain detailed above

The bond vigilante is the monstrous villain detailed above.

to the ability of the bond market to restrain a government

“Bond vigilantes” refer to the ability of the bond market to restrain a government’s ability to over-spend and over-borrow.

to share the writers views on the things that matter to bond investors – inflation, interest rates and the global economy – as well as to talk about the bond markets themselves

Bond Vigilantes is here to share the writers views on the things that matter to bond investors – inflation, interest rates and the global economy – as well as to talk about the bond markets themselves.

bond traders

the reader is not any specific group of individuals; the bond vigilantes are bond traders.

a quirky take

Bond Vigilantes provides a quirky take on all the major issues and has been my go-to blog for many years.

enforcers of rough “justice” in the bond markets

The “bond vigilantes”, supposed enforcers of rough “justice” in the bond markets, talk up their displeasure at government embarking upon ambitious programs of spending that benefit ordinary people rather than elites.

some of the most cherished, insightful and articulate bloggers of all matters bond

As an added bonus, Bond Vigilantes remain some of the most cherished, insightful and articulate bloggers of all matters bond anywhere online.