Japanese investors turned net sellers of foreign bonds last week, after three weeks of buying, as US bonds fell on concerns over further policy tightening by the Federal Reserve. They sold a net ¥332.6 billion (US$2.43 billion) worth of overseas bonds last week, marking their first weekly net selling sinc
Japanese investors turned net sellers of foreign bonds last week, after three weeks of buying, as US bonds fell on concerns over further policy tightening by the Federal Reserve.
The yield on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes, jumped 38.5 basis points last week, the biggest increase in four weeks. Japan's 10-year government yields were at 0.5 per cent on Thursday - the upper limit of the central bank’s policy band, which was widened to 0.5 per cent from 0.25 per cent in December.
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