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Marketmind: Adjusting to a new, higher yield world
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Japanese inflation grabs the Asian economic data spotlight on Friday as investors…
Marketmind: Markets yield to U.S. curve
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. A clutch of top-tier Chinese economic data, second-quarter growth figures from Indonesia…
Explainer-After surprise tweak, what now for BOJ’s yield curve control?
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has tweaked its bond yield control policy and will allow interest rates to rise more freely, action that market participants have…
Explainer-How does Japan’s yield curve control work?
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – One of Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda’s main challenges will be to phase out yield curve control (YCC), which has come under criticism for distorting…
BOJ to keep ultra-low rates, may debate fine-tuning yield cap
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – As aggressive U.S. interest rate hikes look like they might be nearing an end, Japan’s central bank faces its own tricky decision this week over whether…
BOJ leaning towards keeping yield control steady next week – sources
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan is leaning towards keeping its yield control policy unchanged at next week’s meeting, five sources familiar with its thinking said,…
BOJ may tweak yield control policy in Oct – ex-board member
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Bond market divergence from Fed entrenched in U.S. yield forecasts: Reuters poll
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BOJ may abandon bond yield cap this year – govt panellist
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) may abandon a controversial bond yield cap this year if risks clouding the outlook, such as global banking…
Fed’s Waller: inverted yield curve may signal belief in falling inflation
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IMF sees scope for BOJ to tweak yield target this year
By Leika Kihara WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan may have scope to tweak its bond yield target this year on growing prospects the country will see a durable rise in…
IMF sees BOJ keeping negative rates, scope for tweak to yield cap
By Leika Kihara WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan is likely to maintain negative short-term interest rates until inflation durably hits 2%, but could allow long-term yields to move more flexibly…
Analysis-Gloomy U.S. bank sector could yield payoff for contrarian options bets
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BOJ to keep yield cap, ultra-low rates at Kuroda’s last policy meeting
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is set to maintain ultra-low interest rates, including a controversial bond yield cap, on Friday as it awaits a leadership transition…
Hedge funds put record wager on higher 2-year U.S. bond yield: McGeever
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European high yield debt looks increasingly vulnerable, Deutsche Bank says
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Bond strategists ratchet up U.S. Treasury yield forecasts: Reuters Poll
By Hari Kishan BENGALURU (Reuters) – Bond strategists have boosted their U.S. benchmark Treasury yield forecasts only a month after taking an axe to them, as the chances of an interest rate…
Incoming BOJ head to speak in Diet as markets renew attack on yield cap
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Incoming Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda will speak in parliament on Friday and next Monday, as the central bank’s yield cap…
BOJ’s record bond buying highlights challenge for yield control
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan bought a record $182 billion worth of government bonds in January, data showed on Wednesday, underscoring its resolve to…
Bond strategists take axe to U.S. Treasury yield forecasts: Reuters poll
By Hari Kishan BENGALURU (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury yields a year from now are forecast to trade sharply lower than the level expected by bond strategists polled by Reuters just one month…
IMF says BOJ could enhance yield flexibility before price goal met
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan could consider steps to allow bond yields to move more flexibly even before inflation durably hits its 2% target, the International Monetary…
BOJ keeps yield control policy unchanged
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan on Wednesday maintained ultra-low interest rates, including its 0.5% cap for the 10-year bond yield, defying market expectations it would phase out its massive stimulus…
Marketmind: If the yield cap fits..
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Fourth-quarter GDP growth tops a list of key Chinese indicators, while interest rate decisions from…
Six sent to prison after traffic stops yield kilos of meth
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