Headline comments here:
A little more now (via Reuters):
- Japanese Finance Minister Kato said on Tuesday that the government will conduct appropriate debt management policies while communicating closely with market participants.
- Tokyo may cut super-long bond issuance and explore buybacks to manage rising yields.
- "It's important for the government to make efforts to ensure a variety of investors buy and own government bonds, at a time when the Bank of Japan tapers its bond purchases," Kato said
- Reuters reported on Monday that the government is considering buying back some super-long bonds it issued at low interest rates, on top of an expected government plan to trim issuance of super-long bonds in the wake of sharp rises in yields.
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Checking in on JPY, not going anywhere fast:
