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Bloomberg Barclays Indices A Bloomberg Professional service offering. US Aggregate Index 1. US Aggregate Index. The Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based flagship benchmark that measures the investment. grade, US dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market. The index includes Treasuries, government-related and. corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed-rate and hybrid ARM pass-throughs), ABS and CMBS (agency and non-. agency).
Over the longer-term, however, the returns of municipal bonds have been fairly close to those of the investment-grade market. As of December 31, 2013, the 10-year average annual total return of the Barclays Municipal Bond Index was 4.29%, close to the 4.55% return of the Barclays Aggregate. Keep in mind, however, that this isn't an apples-to-apples comparison since the interest on municipal bonds is tax-free.