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Purchases come as global market sell-off drives US Treasury rates
August data shows consumer price growth exceeded 2% target for 17th straight month
Don’t look down
Long-dated bond yields jump to 9-year high as analysts hail ‘de facto abolishment’ of trading cap
Investment flows poised for historic shift after ‘giant leap’ by Bank of Japan
Soaring hedging costs have made foreign debt unattractive to some Japanese buyers
Central bank alters pillar of ultra-loose strategy in unexpected move
Prominent institutions say the central bank might well tweak policy of buying bonds to depress yields
Currency strengthened past ¥140 against dollar, erasing entirety of its fall in June
New central bank head inherits an asset-laden balance sheet and the world’s last negative interest rates
New central bank governor uses a phrase that suggests yield curve control could end this year
Central bank policy of yield curve control will inevitably unravel
Kazuo Ueda has hinted that ‘yield curve control’ is unlikely to survive in its existing form once he takes the helm
Just incredible stuff
Academic says central bank should sustain easing measures until 2% inflation target in sight
(No)
If policy of yield control is phased out under incoming BoJ head Kazuo Ueda, a flight from foreign markets may accelerate
What will Ueda do?
Fund points to ‘significant upside risks’ to inflation and calls for flexible approach to controlling bond yields
Haruhiko Kuroda’s successor must steer economy towards interest rate normalisation
Expanded lending package gives central bank a boost in struggle to contain government debt yields
Trouble ahead?
Kuroda, or his successor, must solve challenges around yield curve control
Still, keep an eye on the Japanese bond bid
Yen tumbles 2% after decision to maintain ultra-loose monetary policy
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