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According to The Wall Street Journal, this is five times of what the United States borrowed at the peak of the 2008 financial crisis.

Since April 23, the US benchmark Treasury yield has fallen about 100 basis points, pushing prices up.

Inversion of yield is a phenomenon where long-term bond yield drops below short-term yield.

Many participants viewed the recent easing in inflation as likely to be transitory.

Gold has lately outperformed most safe haven assets including Yen, Franc & US Treasuries.

G- Sec prices fluctuate sharply in the secondary markets.

Many investors invest in debt mutual funds, which have government securities as part of their portfolio.

The pan-European STOXX 600 benchmark index was down 0.3 per cent by 0738 GMT.

The rupee hit another record low at 72.11 Thursday, extending its losses for the eighth consecutive day

Credit ratings of the emerging market countries have dropped since late 2016.

On the global front, gold pared heavy early losses that came in the midst of a broad commodity sell-off, bouncing off of a 19-month low.

With this India slipped to 13th rank in US sovereign holdings compared 11th a month earlier.

The return puts the fund back on track after a January-March loss halted six quarters of gains.

In April, the RBI’s US Treasury holding fell $4.2 billion to $152.8 billion.

"The U.S. Finance Ministry is deliberately pressuring the dollar and wants to keep it low," Nowotny said.