Japanese good buyers of foreign bonds in latest week
Week-ended August 24 saw good buying of foreign bonds by Japanese investors
Net Y1.5429 tln bought in addition to Y1.8509 tln, Y1.5414 tln prev 2 weeks
Japanese also bought net Y898.8 bln foreign stocks, Y353.2 bln buys prev wk
Talk of some players locking in still relatively high US, other yields
In tandem with talk of fresh moves into carries with close eye on ccy moves?
On other side of ledger, foreign investors bought net Y859.4 bln JGBs
Some of these buys from net Y2.6612 tln sales of Japanese bills
Seems some betting BOJ next hike will come later rather than sooner?
Some foreign players may also be eyeing a flatter Japan yield curve
Foreign investors also sold net Y438.3 bln Japanese stocks latest week
See nAZN24OLRG, previous comment nL1N3K900J, for more click on FXBUZ
Japanese investments in overseas debt securities Japanese investments in overseas debt securities: https://tmsnrt.rs/3JW3oI3
Foreign flows into Japanese stocks & futures Foreign flows into Japanese stocks & futures: https://tmsnrt.rs/40Muzfc
JGB-US Treasury 2-year interest rate differential: https://tmsnrt.rs/3X6r3Mv
(Haruya Ida is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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