Sober Look

The 10-yr government bond yield in Japan is now around 0.5%, following an almost linear decline that started in 2006. The only way to rati...

Congratulations go to the Bank of Japan who is now the largest holder of the nation’s government bonds. But no worries. This week Lord Tur...

The Bank of Japan's balance sheet continues to expand at a fairly constant pace. Relative to the size of the GDP, this is already the ...

While there is a great deal of detailed discussion in the blogosphere about Japan's unsettling age demographics ( see example ), it...

The Bank of Japan was able to lower Japanese government bond yields after an unexpected spike earlier this year ( see post ). The 10yr JGB...

Japanese government bonds experienced a spectacular sell-off in the past few days, with the 10-year JGB yield rising by a half of its valu...

The persistent slump in the Japanese economy has accelerated. Reuters : - Sentiment among Japanese manufacturers fell for a fourth strai...

AFP : - Japan's cash-strapped government is turning to wildly popular music group AKB48 to help it sell government bonds, as interest...

Worried about rising federal budget deficit? Concerned about government debt spiraling out of control? Thinking there may not be enough buye...