Governments The . Treasury and state and local governments raise large sums in the money market. The Treasury raises funds in the money market by selling short-term obligations of the . government called Treasury bills. Bills have the largest volume outstanding and the most active secondary market of any money market instrument. Because bills are generally considered to be free of default risk, while other money market instruments have some default risk, bills typically have the lowest interest rate at a given maturity. State and local governments raise funds in the money market through the sale of.
