Japanese massive sellers of foreign bonds Nov 2 week
MOF flow data show Japanese sold massive foreign bonds holdings Nov 2 week
Net Y4.4579 tln foreign bonds sold, follows sales previous 3 weeks too
Total sold from week-ended Oct 12 comes out to some Y6.3241 tln
Flows suggest Japanese contribution to US yield surge this period large
Yield on US Tsy 2s, 10s surged from @4.0% then to 4.312%, 4.479% Nov 6
Japanese also sold net Y1.1736 tln foreign stocks week-ended Nov 2
Risk events including BOJ, US jobs report, elections, FOMC behind sales
Sales likely from short, medium and longer-term investors alike
Such paring of position not surprising at all given conglomeration of risks
On other side of ledger, foreign investor flow into, out of Japan smaller
Net Y139.4 bln Japanese stocks, Y23.3 bln bills sold, Y42.6 bln JGBs sold
See nAZN2L66DL, for more click on FXBUZ
Japanese investments in stocks abroad: https://tmsnrt.rs/3nxoepG
Japanese investments in overseas debt securities: https://tmsnrt.rs/3JW3oI3
(Haruya Ida is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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