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Japanese Flows Surrounding Foreign Bonds Dominate Weekly Data

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The latest round of weekly Japanese international security flow data (covering a 2-week period in the wake of the Japanese holidays that were observed at the back end of last week) was dominated by Japanese flows surrounding foreign bonds.

  • The week ending 16 June saw a net Y782.7bn purchase of foreign bonds, bringing an end to 3 straight weeks of net selling by Japanese investors. This was followed up by Y1.087tn worth of net sales of foreign bonds in the week ending July 23, resulting in a net Y304.7bn of sales of foreign bonds on the part of Japanese investors over the 2-week period.
  • Net flows under the remaining categories were much more limited in size.

Latest WeekPrevious Week4-Week Rolling Sum
Net Weekly Japanese Flows Into Foreign Bonds (Ybn)-1087.4782.7-1714.1
Net Weekly Japanese Flows Into Foreign Stocks (Ybn)133.5-128.9-274.7
Net Weekly Foreign Flows Into Japanese Bonds (Ybn)-223.2362.33592.7
Net Weekly Foreign Flows Into Japanese Stocks (Ybn)-58.5-17.5-532.7

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

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