27 Quotes by Naomi Hasegawa

We might see some selling in 20-year bonds before the auction.

Bond prices got a boost from the fairly good outcome of today's two-year debt auction, while index-trackers actively purchased government debt paper, which supported the market.

There's speculation out there that more policy makers will cast votes against keeping the policy unchanged. That is negative for bonds.

Deposits stopped growing and household money is heading increasingly to risk assets and will continue to do so as long as Japanese interest rates are zero.

A pullback in US Treasury prices was behind losses in JGB prices today.

There was some concern that the core CPI would fall back into negative territory owing to a decline in oil prices, but perhaps we don't have to worry about that scenario, as crude futures have rebounded recently.

The report suggests we're one step closer to the Bank of Japan's exit from its current loose monetary policy. That's negative for Japanese government bonds.

There's concern about demand for new five-year notes as signs of economic recovery raised speculation an end of easy monetary policy will come sooner than later next year. Japan avoided political chaos with Koizumi's strong victory, which provides a fair wind to stocks and a recovery scenario.

The news could be a trigger to buy bonds. Investors dislike uncertainty.