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Foreigners Register Large Weekly Net Purchase Of Japanese Paper

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Bond flows dominated the latest weekly round of Japanese international security flow data, with near enough neutral net equity flows observed.

  • Japanese investors registered a 2nd consecutive week of net foreign bond sales, but it was foreign flows surrounding Japanese bonds that caught the eye. Foreign investors net purchased ~Y1.48tn of Japanese bonds last week, a level only topped in 5 weeks over the past 5 years.

Latest WeekPrevious Week4-Week Rolling Sum
Net Weekly Japanese Flows Into Foreign Bonds (Ybn)-545.5-182.5-1171.7
Net Weekly Japanese Flows Into Foreign Stocks (Ybn)-42.655.9542.0
Net Weekly Foreign Flows Into Japanese Bonds (Ybn)1480.7-225.22098.8
Net Weekly Foreign Flows Into Japanese Stocks (Ybn)25.3-550.2-220.7

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


Fig. 1: Net Weekly Foreign Flows Into Japanese Bonds (Ybn)

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

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