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The yields of Japanese government bonds increased on Thursday, and the 10-year yield of the JGB has reached the highest since June 2009, and experts have pointed to the pressure of global sales in bonds.
The yield of the 10-year JGB has increased by almost 8 base points to cross 1.5% for the first time since 2009, while those on 30-year-old bonds also climbed to 13 base points to exceed the 2.5% mark for the first time since 2008.
The sale of JGB was in combination with pressure on global yields, said Masahiko Loo, a higher strategist with a fixed income in State Street Global Advisors. The American 10-year-old treasury yield climbed to 5 base points at 4.317%.
Nomura Head of the FX Strategy for Japan Yujiro Voto told CNBC that the demand for supply currently does not support the JGB market, while indicating a sudden increase in the European Government’s bond yields.
“Investors are now expecting the EU and the German government to increase fiscal consumption, which adds pressure to growth on global bond yields,” he said.
The comments of the bank governor of Japan Shinichi Uchida have added that they have helped to encourage sale. Uchida reportedly said that the central bank is likely to “increase interest rates in accordance with the dominant attitudes of financial markets and economists”.
Investors like Japanese banks have resided aside with a limited risk appetite before the end of the financial year in March, with continuous expectations of Boj hiking cycle, Loo said.
Uchida last week Also supposedly said That the central bank will retain the narrowing of the Government bond purchase despite the recent increase in the yield.
As the Central Bank resorted to the normalization of its monetary policy last year, Ultra-Loose, she stated that she would Reduce your JGBS Purchase About 400 billion yen of each calendar.
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Mitul Kotech, head of Asia FX strategy and strategist at Barclays, told CNBC “Squawk Box Asia“Thursday a sale partially encouraged an increase in the inflation of Japan:” Many people [are] saying that the actual inflation is even greater than what shows real measures. So I think that part of this is a move of inflation that pushes the yields more. “
Japanese title inflation It remained above the battle of 2% for 34 months, and the latest figure reached a two-year maximum of 4% in January.
The so -called “nucleus core inflation rate”, which allocates the prices of fresh food and energy, and the battle has been carefully monitored, has climbed a little to 2.5%in January, hitting the highest rate since March 2024.
The larger inflation rate increases the expectations of higher increase in the rates by battle, stimulating bond yields.
