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TOKYO: The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is expected to buy 1.2 trillion yen ($12.28 billion) in Japanese government bonds next week with over five years remaining to maturity as it begins a new monetary-easing scheme, the Nikkei business daily said on Sunday.The central bank aims to make five purchases totalling 6.2 trillion yen in April. After that, it plans to make monthly purchases of about 7.5 trillion yen in six instalments, the Nikkei said in an unsourced report.A bank spokesman said no one was immediately available to comment on the Nikkei report.The bank said on Thursday it would radically overhaul its monetary policy and inject about $1.4 trillion into the economy in less than two years by buying government bonds across the yield curve.It also said it would combine two bond-buying programmes, its asset-buying and lending plan and the "rinban" bond-buying market operation, to buy JGBs with all maturities.Monthly JGB ...
NEW YORK: US Treasuries rallied and yields fell to their lowest levels of the year on Friday after the government said US employment grew at its slowest pace in nine months in March. The benchmark 10-year Treasury note extended its gain to 18/32, putting its yield at 1.70 percent. The price of the 30-year Treasury bond extended its gain to two points, pushing its yield down to 2.89 percent from 2.94 percent before the report ...
PORT LOUIS: The weighted average yield on Mauritius' 364-day Treasury bills dipped to 2.38 percent at auction on Friday from 2.47 percent at the previous sale, the central bank said. The Bank of Mauritius accepted bids for all the 800 million rupees ($25.64 million) worth of debt on offer. Bids totalled 1.715 billion rupees at rates ranging from 2.75 to 2.30 percent. The Bank rate posted was 2.33 percent. Copyright Reuters, 2013 ...
SINGAPORE: The US 10-year Treasury yield hovered near a three-month low in Asia on Thursday, after tepid private sector jobs data dampened hopes for strong numbers from Friday's labour market report.Ten-year notes rose 3/32 in price to yield about 1.806 percent. The 10-year yield slipped roughly 1 basis point from late US trade, approaching Wednesday's low near 1.797 percent, its lowest level since early January.The 10-year yield fell after payroll processor ADP reported on Wednesday ...
LAGOS: Nigeria said on Wednesday it plans to sell 183.65 billion naira ($1.16 billion) worth of treasury bills with maturities ranging from three months to one year at its twice-monthly auction on April 10, the central bank said on Wednesday. The bank said it will auction 20.16 billion naira in 91-day bills, 43.49 billion naira in 182-day notes and 120 billion naira in 364-day paper, using the Dutch auction system. Yields on the short-dated debt ...
TOKYO: Yields on benchmark 10-year Japanese government bonds inched down on Wednesday ahead of the outcome of Bank of Japan's two-day meeting on Thursday, though superlongs underperformed, giving up some of the previous session's gain.The 10-year yield ticked down 0.5 basis point to 0.555 percent, not too far from a near-decade low of 0.510 percent reached last week.Ten-year JGB futures rose 0.12 point to 145.48. The futures hit a record high of 145.98 last week."The ...
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