JGBs rebound as traders reassess BOJ rate-hike trajectory
The 10-year JGB yield fell 4.5 basis points (bps) to 1.555%, after surging to 1.605% on Friday, its highest level since October 2008.
The five-year yield fell 4 bps to 1.11%.
Yields move inversely to bond prices.
'The yields rose last week on expectations that the BOJ would raise interest rates by the end of this year,' said Naoya Hasegawa, chief bond strategist at Okasan Securities.
'But investors wanted to wait and see the central bank's message about the next interest rate hike at the end of the policy meeting this week.'
The BOJ will hold its next policy meeting on July 30-31, and the market expects the central bank to hold its policy rate unchanged.
But a trade deal to lower the hefty tariffs U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose on goods from Japan opened scope for the BOJ to raise interest rates again this year, sources said.
Swap rates indicated a nearly 80% chance of the BOJ raising rates by 25 basis points to 0.75% at its policy meeting in December.
'The market wanted to know if there is a higher chance of the BOJ raising rates earlier than December,' Haseagawa said.
The 10-year JGB futures rose 0.48 yen to 137.91.
The two-year JGB yield fell 1 bp to 0.845%.
Yields on super-long dated bonds rose, with the 30-year JGB yield rising 1.5 bps to 3.075%.
The 40-year JGB yield rose 1.5 bps to 3.365%.
The 20-year JGBs have not been priced yet, as of 0540 GMT.
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