To deal with a deficit, a country will borrow money through sovereign bonds, debt that's bought and sold on financial markets.

为了应对赤字，一个国家将通过主权债券借钱，主权债券是指在金融市场上买卖的债务。

In heavily indebted Italy yields on ten-year sovereign bonds are not far off a worrying 5%.

在负债累累的意大利，十年期主权债券的收益率与令人担忧的 5% 相差不远。

I mean, particularly, I would say, US sovereign bonds or US Treasuries when they're trying to understand the US economy.

我的意思是， 特别是，当他们试图了解美国经济时， 我会说美国主权债券或美国国债。

Although the markets are now calmer, the country's sovereign bonds, or " gilts" , still trade at much higher yields than they did before the self-inflicted blow.

尽管市场现在更加平静，但该国的主权债券或“金边债券”的交易收益率仍远高于自我造成的打击之前的收益率。