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The curve has continued to flatten, as Aussie bonds benefit from the better bid evident in U.S. Tsys, with Asia-Pac participants reacting to developments seen in NY hours on Tuesday. YM sits unchanged on the day, while XM is +2.5.

  • Looking at FX hedged yields from the perspective of Japanese investors, it is worth pointing out that 10-Year ACGBs failed to get real traction above the 1.00% threshold and have since backed off. Japanese investors may have played a part in the pullback, if they did indeed show interest around the psychological level (which represents a near 100bp pickup vs. 10-Year JGBs and was a level not seen since '14).

Fig.1: 10-Year ACGB Yields From The Perspective Of a Japanese FX-Hedged Investor (Using Annualised 3-Month Hedging Costs)

Source: MNI - Market News/Bloomberg

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