Showing posts with label foreign bonds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label foreign bonds. Show all posts

Friday, February 22, 2013

Fearing stumble, Japan PM eyes opposition for smooth BOJ succession

TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is keen to avoid a rerun of the debacle in 2008 when the seat for the Bank of Japan governor was left open for weeks, so he is carefully calculating the odds that potential candidates will win vital opposition support.

Friday, February 3, 2012

Top Japan bank plans for JGB sell-off, no near-term shift seen

(Reuters) - Japan's top banking group, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial (8306.T), has drawn up a contingency plan that flags 2016 as the time when the nation's current account may slide into deficit and trigger a government bond sell-off, a newspaper reported on Thursday.