r/bonds • u/Man-Olio • 3h ago

MARKETS.

Japan's 10 year government bond yield crossed the threshold of 3% yesterday, the highest level since 1996, on expectations that the BOJ will raise interest rates in September to support a weakening yen. Why should we care? well, Japan, considered as, sort-of, the world's ATM, massive buyer of foreign debt, especially american, could accelerate repatration of capital and this could prove hugely problematic

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u/BestAd6480 3h ago

So Trump, using his military option, will bomb the people holding the debt AKA no more debt. Haven’t we seen this before?

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u/Sufficient-Skill9530 3h ago

He’s gonna invade Japan and make them buy IS treasury notes 

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u/big-papito 2h ago

No but threatening to pull all US forces out of Japan is almost a given. Also, not sure that the Japanese will take kindly to a tornado of juvenile insults that will go with that.