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Japan Bond Yields’ Surge Signals Growing Fiscal Fears as Election Looms
Markets are fretting that the outcome of the Upper House election on July 20 could strip the ruling coalition of its majority ...
Japan bond yields hit multi-decade highs as fiscal fears mount ahead of election
Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bond yield climbed to its highest level since 2008 ahead of an upper house election.
Japan Bond Rout Touches New Pain Point as 10-Year Yield Rises
Japan’s long-term government debt yield touched the highest level since 2008, as a raft of election tax-cut pledges puts ...
Japan must be mindful of credit rating downgrade risk, bank lobby head says
Japan must be mindful of the risk of a credit rating downgrade if an expansion in public debt runs out of control, the head ...
Japan’s 10-Year Yield Peaks: What’s Driving the Rise?
Japan’s 10-year bond yield has surged to its highest level since 2008, driven by expectations of post-election fiscal expansion, potential consumption tax cuts, and rising trade tensions with the U.S.
Japan Leads Global Long-Bond Drop as Spending Takes Center-Stage
Yields for long-term debt from Japan and Germany to the UK and France rose on Monday as growing concern over widening fiscal ...
Bond Vigilantes Give ‘Worse Than Greece’ Japan A Reprieve
Global bond markets can breathe a little easier following Japan’s successful sales of 30-year debt on Thursday.
Japan bond rout touches new pain point as 10-year yield rises to highest level since 2008
Japan’s 10-year government bond yield touched the highest level since 2008, increasing the risk that turmoil in the debt ...