Trade deficit rises as Japan sells U.S. bondsDAVE SKIDMORE
The US$500m note has been issued as a five-year note, making it an intermediate-term bond. The yen has plunged to its weakest against the dollar since 1990. As a result, Japanese sales of bonds overseas this year have been dragged down because of surging borrowing costs in home-currency...
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?”
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