A risk-free bond is a theoretical bond that repays interest and principal with absolute certainty. In practice, government bonds are treated as risk-free bonds, as governments can raise taxes or indeed print money to repay their domestic currency debt. For instance, U.S. Treasury notes and bonds are considered risk-free bonds, even though investors in U.S. Treasury securities do face a negligible amount of credit risk. An example of this credit risk was shown by Russia, who defaulted on their domestic debt in 1998.

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