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Bloomberg
02-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Japan's Bond Market Faces First 30-Year Sale Since Issuance Cut
Japan's auction of 30-year sovereign notes Thursday is shaping up as a barometer of policymakers' success in quelling debt-market turmoil that pushed yields on the nation's super-long bonds to record highs in May. Yields have stepped down from their peaks, helped by the Ministry of Finance adjusting issuance to sell fewer super-long bonds, and by the Bank of Japan slowing its pullback from debt purchases. Recent sales of shorter-maturity securities have also gone smoothly.
Bloomberg
28-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Why Investors Are Worried About Japan's Bond Market
Global bond jitters are spilling into Japan, a corner of the market that for decades experienced barely any volatility — and it's worrying investors already spooked by frictions in US Treasuries. Japan's central bank — the Bank of Japan — seen as a 'whale' of the domestic bond market because it owns more than half the nation's sovereign notes, has been gradually trimming its balance sheet and scaling back its bond purchases. But the question is: Who else is interested in buying?
