Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Japanese Two-Year Yields Climb Above 1 Percent for First Time Since 1997

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's two-year government notes
declined, sending yields above 1 percent for the first time in a
decade, on speculation faster global economic growth will prompt
the Bank of Japan to increase borrowing costs this year.

Debt in Japan tracked a drop in Treasuries that yesterday
boosted two-year yields to levels unseen since August, after an
index of U.S. service industries rose to the highest in more than
a year. Japan's two-year notes dropped and 20-year bonds gained
after Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui yesterday said the
bank will ``take necessary action in a timely way.''


Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News

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