sovereign
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On Tuesday, the finance ministry is scheduled to auction about 2.6 trillion yen of 10-year JGBs, followed by around 600 billion yen of 30-year sovereign debt on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
"We've been acting to shield Australians from global energy shocks by investing in reliable, sovereign renewables and keeping more of the gas we need onshore," Bowen told reporters.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
Like Norway, Australia is rich in natural resources, but its sovereign wealth fund only had A$267bn as of December 2025 - less than 10% of Norway's for a population five times as big.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
The first, passed in March, was an unusual measure giving the state the right to automatically appeal any decision holding that it didn’t enjoy sovereign immunity from suit.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
It violated the central premise of the revolutionary legacy—namely, that the people at large were the sovereign source of all political authority.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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