The yield on newly issued 10-year Japanese government bonds in the domestic bond market rose to 3.00%, reaching the 3% range for the first time since September 1996. The results of an emergency survey of market participants and the questions concerning the outlook were reported.
The yield on newly issued 10-year Japanese government bonds, the benchmark for long-term interest rates in the domestic bond market, rose to 3.00%. This marked the first time in roughly 30 years that the yield had entered the 3% range.
Nikkei QUICK News conducted an emergency survey of market participants, asking about the peak and year-end level for long-term interest rates this year, the long-term interest rate range for 2027, and the background to the outlook.
The article featured comments from Shishido Tomoaki (宍戸知暁), senior rates strategist at Nomura Securities, who offered views on the results of the emergency survey and the background behind them.
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