The eurozone bond market is gradually recovering from the disruption caused by the debt crisis, analysts say, with the gap in borrowing costs between fragile countries and Germany at two-year lows. “The bond market is benefiting from both the staunch support of the ECB ...
The bond vigilantes are getting antsy about Shinzo Abe’s shock-therapy program, dubbed “Abenomics.” The reference here is to traders who protest fiscal or monetary policies that they consider inflationary, and they sell bonds. Japan has become their latest target. Yields on benchmark government bonds ...
Japan’s government must demonstrate a commitment to fiscal rehabilitation to boost the credibility of government bonds and prevent a spike in long-term yields as soaring stocks damp the allure of the nation’s sovereign debt, Economy Minister Akira Amari said. “As stocks have rallied this ...
Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, the owner of a cluster of World Heritage Site temples founded in the ninth century, reported losses equal to about a quarter of its assets after bets on the Australian dollar and structured bonds soured. The group had unregistered losses of ...
