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Japan’s swap market is already starting to anticipate central bank Governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s endgame even as he makes his first monetary easing moves.
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As benchmark yields plunged the most in two years toward a record low, Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said not to worry about a bond-market bubble.
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Haruhiko Kuroda was endorsed by the lower house of parliament to become Bank of Japan governor, clearing the first hurdle in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plan to install a central bank leadership in favor of more easing.
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The yen’s drop against the dollar may be triggering early redemption of billions of dollars of structured notes tied to interest rates in the currencies, skewing swap rates as the issuers unwind their hedges.
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Japan’s 20-year bond yields may drop to levels unseen since the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in September 2008 as the Federal Reserve keeps interest rates near zero, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc. said.
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Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa will step down on March 19, almost three weeks before his term was due, accelerating a leadership transition that may aid Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s campaign for aggressive easing.
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Japan’s life insurers are set to increase investments in government debt in the second half of the fiscal year that ends March 31, 2012, as corporate bond sales slump to the least in five years.
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Japan’s bonds rose, pushing down 10-year yields from near a two-week high, as Europe’s lingering fiscal crisis spurred demand for the safety of government debt.
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Japanese bond futures traded near a two-year high after reports showed the nation’s retail sales grew at the slowest pace since January and the U.S. economy expanded at a lower rate than previously estimated.
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Japan’s five-year notes rose as data showed the nation’s industrial production dropped for a fifth month and the jobless rate increased, adding to signs an economic recovery is losing momentum.
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