It was the first time that any advanced nation had seen the benchmark tenyear yield turn negative.

A rail service which would shame any advanced nation.

In mocking the adoption by a barbaric country of the cultural values of an advanced nation, it takes a tilt at the cultural aspects of imperialism.

Employment in advanced nations will return to its pre-crisis peak only in 2016, the organisation forecast.

Of the $13 trillion, companies from advanced nations accounted for $10.2 trillion, a rise of 70 per cent since 2008, and emerging market issuance hit $2.78 trillion, a near-fourfold increase.