Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda expressed concerns last Friday, warning that a US debt default would cause turmoil in various markets and have serious consequences for the global economy. “The ...

Japan’s debt crisis and the August 2024 market tremors may mark the beginning of a larger phase transition in global finance. Central banks and governments are now constrained by years of fiscal ...

Japan’s once-slumbering bond market has roared back to life with a burst of volatility that is echoing around the world. Major debt markets have moved in tandem with Japanese government bonds ...

Japan’s benchmark interest rate sits at -0.1%, where it has been for seven years. And on October 31st, despite building pressure, the bank decided merely to tweak its cap on ten-year government ...

TOKYO : Any future interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will likely be gradual and have a limited near-term impact on the country's debt financing, an official at global ratings agency ...

That would come too late to impact Wednesday's sale of about 500 billion yen ($3.5 billion) of 40-year bonds, whose yields touched a record high 3.675% last week, along with an all-time high for ...

Japan’s 30-year bond sale Thursday was the third in as many weeks to show signs of a cold shoulder from buyers, with one measure of demand the weakest since 2023.

The fiscal impact could force difficult policy choices between spending restraint and tax increases. The carry trade unwind and its global implications Japan's prolonged period of ultra-low interest ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Three Japanese companies have postponed the sale of 100 billion yen ($678.43 million) worth of yen-denominated bonds in the wake of global financial market volatility induced by U ...

Debt is vital to the functioning of the world economy. But, after soaring in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic of recent years, it has reached unprecedented ...

As the clock ticks down toward an unprecedented US debt default, the world’s second- and third-biggest economies are watching in fear. China and Japan are the largest foreign investors in ...