It was found that the unrealized loss of foreign bonds held by three major financial groups increased to more than 3.9 trillion yen as of the end of September this year.
This was because interest rates rose and bond prices fell in Europe and the United States, and unrealized losses expanded significantly from the end of June.
This was announced by the three major companies, "Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group", "Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group", and "Mizuho Financial Group", during the half-year financial results announcements until September this year.
According to this, the unrealized loss of foreign bonds held by
Mitsubishi UFJ is 1,840.9 billion yen,
▽ Mizuho is 1,081.7 billion yen, and
▽ Sumitomo Mitsui Sumitomo is 1,049.3 billion yen.
billion yen.
This is because interest rates rose and the prices of bonds such as government bonds fell as European and American central banks decided to raise interest rates to curb record-breaking inflation. Increased by over 100 million yen.
Each company is trading to avoid losses in the event of a sudden change in the market, but if interest rates continue to rise in the United States and other countries, it is expected that unrealized losses will increase further.
On the other hand, the final profit of each company was
▽Sumitomo Mitsui increased by 15.2% compared to the same period of the previous year to 525.4 billion yen, while
▽Mizuho decreased by 13.4% to 333.9 billion yen,
▽Mitsubishi UFJ It decreased by 70.4% to 231 billion yen.