eli5 What are government bonds and how do they work?

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Additionally why are they considered safer than stocks.

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They are loans given to the government. They pay out a flat interest, and the loan contract is basically resold to other people.

They are pretty much guaranteed to stay valuable except for the rare case that the government that gave them out goes bankrupt.

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