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Foreign Investors Lodged Record Net Sales Of Japanese Bonds Last Week

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The latest round of weekly Japanese international security flow data revealed the largest ever round of net sales of Japanese bonds by foreign investors (based on records going back to 2001) as the market tested the BoJ’s resolve when it comes to the upper boundary of its permitted 10-Year JGB yield trading band. Foreign investors shed a net Y4.8tn of Japanese paper during the week. Foreign investors were also net sellers of Japanese equities, running up the largest round of weekly net selling observed since March. Elsewhere, Japanese investors registered a fourth consecutive week of net sales of foreign bonds and marginal net purchases of foreign equities.


Latest WeekPrevious Week4-Week Rolling Sum
Net Weekly Japanese Flows Into Foreign Bonds (Ybn)-496.7-862.7-3327.8
Net Weekly Japanese Flows Into Foreign Stocks (Ybn)9.7-137.1341.1
Net Weekly Foreign Flows Into Japanese Bonds (Ybn)-4804.6-1103.0-5876.2
Net Weekly Foreign Flows Into Japanese Stocks (Ybn)-942.5205.2-872.6

Source: MNI - Market News/Bloomberg/Japanese Ministry Of Finance

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