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Weekly International Security Flows Point To Lifer Plans

JAPAN
Latest WeekPrevious Week4-Week Rolling Sum
Net Weekly Japanese Flows Into Foreign Bonds (Ybn)
-1010.8422.3
1010.7
Net Weekly Japanese Flows Into Foreign Stocks (Ybn) -19.9-163.3
74.6
Net Weekly Foreign Flows Into Japanese Bonds (Ybn) 157.2
402.0
2247.5
Net Weekly Foreign Flows Into Japanese Stocks (Ybn) 228.4
-93.9
2087.1

Source: Japanese Ministry of Finance


The most notable point in the latest round of weekly international security flow data out of Japan was the net sales of foreign bonds racked up by Japanese investors (Y1.0108tn), which could reflect what has been seen in some of the life insurer investment plans i.e. some interest in bringing bond exposure back onshore. This represented the largest round of weekly net sales of foreign bonds by Japanese investors since May.

  • Elsewhere, the 4-week net rolling sum of foreign flows into Japanese bonds saw a notable jump, although that was a function of a chunky round of net weekly sales rolling out of the sample.

Fig. 1: Japanese Net Weekly Flows Into Foreign Bonds

Source: MNI - Market News/Japanese Ministry of Finance

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