general obligation bond

基本解释

New York needs voters to approve any general-obligation bond;
紐約發行任何一般責任債券都需要全民公投；
New York needs voters to approve any general-obligation bond; so, since 2002, it has relied on bonds backed by personal income-tax revenues which don’t require that approval.
紐約發行任何一般責任債券都需要全民公投；所以自2002年以來，紐約政府已經依靠個人所得稅收入支持的債券進行了大量借貸，發行這種債券不需要公投。

For example, is it a general obligation bond or is it tied to a specific tax or revenue stream?
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While they yield a little less than a state general obligation bond, they are perceived as having less volatility.
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