Free Trial

MNI POLICY: BOJ Surprises With JGB Buying Op To Lower Rates

MNI (London)
     TOKYO (MNI) - The Bank of Japan on Friday made a surprise Japanese
government bond buying operation to lower the yield on the 10-year bonds, which
rose to -0.005%, the highest level since Jan. 22.
     The BOJ offered to buy JPY200 billion of JGBs with a remaining life of 5 to
10 years in a previously unplanned operation.
     The yield on the 10-year bonds rose to -0.005%, compared with Thursday's
close of -0.065%, and the yield fell to -0.025% after the operation.
     The scale of JPY200 billion was smaller than JPY350 billion that the BOJ
last offered to buy but the operation showed that the BOJ saw the rise in the
JGB yield undesirable.
--MNI Tokyo Bureau; tel: +81 90-2175-0040; email: hiroshi.inoue@marketnews.com
--MNI London Bureau; tel: +44 203-586-2225; email: les.commons@marketnews.com
[TOPICS: MMJBJ$,M$A$$$,M$J$$$,M$$FI$,MN$FI$]
MNI London Bureau | +44 203-865-3812 | les.commons@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 203-865-3812 | les.commons@marketnews.com

To read the full story

Close

Why MNI

MNI is the leading provider

of intelligence and analysis on the Global Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange and Energy markets. We use an innovative combination of real-time analysis, deep fundamental research and journalism to provide unique and actionable insights for traders and investors. Our "All signal, no noise" approach drives an intelligence service that is succinct and timely, which is highly regarded by our time constrained client base.

Our Head Office is in London with offices in Chicago, Washington and Beijing, as well as an on the ground presence in other major financial centres across the world.