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Japan Sells Offshore Bonds, While International Investors Buy Japanese Paper & Equities

JAPAN

Weekly international security flow data out of Japan saw the previous week’s net purchases of foreign bonds more than reversed, while there was a second consecutive round of modest net buying of foreign equities by Japanese investors.

  • On the other side of the ledger, foreign investors pared a fair amount of the net sales of Japanese bonds seen in the previous week, while they recorded the largest round of weekly net purchases of international stocks observed since early October
Latest WeekPrevious Week4-Week Rolling Sum
Net Weekly Japanese Flows Into Foreign Bonds (Ybn)-605.7527.1-652.4
Net Weekly Japanese Flows Into Foreign Stocks (Ybn)246.5616.0663.2
Net Weekly Foreign Flows Into Japanese Bonds (Ybn)845.2-1099.51916.2
Net Weekly Foreign Flows Into Japanese Stocks (Ybn)1154.2-349.71252.1

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

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