Data show that China has been selling U.S. Treasury bonds since the beginning of this year, but China remained the largest holder of treasury bonds until the end of August. China's massive sell-off did not reduce other countries' enthusiasm for US Treasury bonds. Data from the US Treasury...
Bond sell-offs hit US, Germany and Japan.The article focuses on the issue regarding the selling of government bonds and its effect to the fiscal stability of Japan, Germany and the U.S.BrennanHenryFund Strategy
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according to the DB strategist, who also notes that “if it becomes obvious to the market that the clearing level of JGB yields is above the BoJ’s 25 basis point target, what is the incentive to hold bonds any more?”
That means the Treasury Department is selling bonds at a dizzying pace. Long-term US debt sales have risen to a level not seen since the height of the financial crisis. In November alone, the US Treasury sold over $200 billion in public debt. The department has sold bonds at an average...
The Bank of Japan is buying bonds at a $652 billion annual rate, a more radical quantitative easing than the Federal Reserve’s. …The third arrow, structural economic reform, offered Japan the only hope of sustained economic growth. …But for every step Mr. Abe takes toward reform, one ...
exchange trades last month was sparked by the unwinding of massive carry trades - in which investors had borrowed low-yielding currencies like the Japanese yen to buy higher-yielding assets - that in turn generated a vicious feedback loop of equity price drops, volatility...
The move is part of the government's efforts to ensure it can keep selling debt smoothly, even as the Bank of Japan (BOJ) trims its huge bond buying and eyes more hikes to near-zero interest rates. A tapering of bond buying and rate hikes by the central b...
And markets know that too. And that’s why propping up a currency by selling limited foreign exchange assets might slow the decline short-term but isn’t a long-term solution to a crashing currency. For the US, there is also...
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