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Foreign Investors Were Small Net Sellers Of Japanese Assets Last Week

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The latest round of weekly international security flow data from the Japanese MoF revealed nominal net selling of international bonds and equities on the part of Japanese investors, with the former breaking a streak of four consecutive weekly rounds of net purchases and the latter representing the sixth consecutive week of net sales.

  • On the other side of the ledger international market participants recorded a second straight week of net sales of Japanese bonds as we moved towards the latest BoJ monetary policy decision, although the level of net sales observed was notably shy of that seen around the December and January policy decisions. International investors were also net sellers of Japanese equities for a second consecutive week.
Latest WeekPrevious Week4-Week Rolling Sum
Net Weekly Japanese Flows Into Foreign Bonds (Ybn)-168.6219.73465.3
Net Weekly Japanese Flows Into Foreign Stocks (Ybn)-18.4-440.4-1500.8
Net Weekly Foreign Flows Into Japanese Bonds (Ybn)-800.7-211.4-841.4
Net Weekly Foreign Flows Into Japanese Stocks (Ybn)-595.4-403.4-695.6

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

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