Against the backdrop of speculation that the Bank of Japan will revise its monetary policy following last month, upward pressure on long-term interest rates is increasing. purchased a large amount of government bonds exceeding
The total amount of JGBs purchased by the BOJ this month exceeded 16 trillion yen, already surpassing the record amount in June last year.
As announced at the end of last week, the Bank of Japan purchased a large amount of long-term government bonds with a wide range of maturities from the market on the 16th, including an extraordinary purchase of government bonds. billion yen.
In order to curb the rise in interest rates, the Bank of Japan purchased a large amount of government bonds amounting to 4.61444 trillion yen on the 12th of last week and 5.086 trillion yen on the 13th of last week. was a record high for the second consecutive business day.
As a result, the amount of government bonds purchased by the Bank of Japan since the beginning of this month has reached 16.2409 trillion yen.
The purchase of government bonds cannot be simply compared because there is a gap between the announcement date and the actual settlement date, but it has already exceeded the record settlement amount of 16.2038 trillion yen in June last year.
The BOJ will hold a monetary policy decision meeting for two days from the 17th, but the focus is on what kind of response the BOJ will take as the speculation of the market over monetary policy intensifies and it is forced to purchase a large amount of government bonds every day. becomes.