周二中國政府宣布將在四季度增發1萬億元特別國債，支持災后恢復重建和提升抵御自然災害的能力。請看本報周四的報道： China’s new sovereign bonds will help bolster the economic recovery, Zhu Zhongming, vice finance minister, said Wednesday. China’s top parliament body has approved 1 trillion yuan (US$137 billion) in sovereign bond issuance to help rebuild areas hit by this year’s floods and improve urban infrastructure to cope with future disasters, domestic media said Tuesday. 報道中的sovereign bond就是“國債”，也可以說treasury bond，由我國地方政府發行的是地方債（local government bond）。美國的國債是U.S. treasury bond或者說federal bond，地方債是municipal bond。 | 