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TOKYO, May 20- A Japanese government panel warns there is "absolutely no" guarantee that domestic investors will keep buying government bonds, citing the risk of a spike in bond yields that could crimp long-term growth prospects, according to a draft report seen by Reuters on Monday.
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BUENOS AIRES, Feb 21- For the last decade, Argentina and its holdout creditors have sparred in U.S. courts over the country's 2002 debt default.
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NEW YORK, Feb 21- A long-awaited showdown in a U.S. appeals court next week pits Argentina against a group of investors who refused to swap their debt after the country's historic 2002 default.
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*EMIR reform to increase costs for end users. LONDON, Feb 21- The European Union's drive for over-the-counter financial derivatives to go through a so-called clearing process spells added compliance costs for the metals industry, the London Metal Exchange's deputy chief executive said on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 21- Concerns over the sharp depreciation of the Japanese yen are overstated and the Bank of Japan should act more forcefully to reflate its economy, the International Monetary Fund said in a report to the Group of 20 published on Thursday.
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TOKYO, Feb 21- Prices on long-dated Japanese government bonds eased on Thursday, ahead of an auction of 1.2 trillion yen worth of 20- year debt. *Yuya Yamashita, rates strategist at J.P. Morgan, said he did not expect the auction would see strong demand. *The Ministry of Finance offers a coupon of 1.80 percent, the highest level since March last year.
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*U.S. to sell $9 billion 30- year TIPS Thursday. NEW YORK, Feb 20- U.S. Generally, these are more hawkish than the market had expected and show a waning commitment to the QE program, "said David Keeble, global head of interest rate strategy in Credit Agricole Corporate& Investment Bank in New York.
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NEW YORK, Feb 20- U.S. Generally, these are more hawkish than the market had expected and show a waning commitment to the QE program, "said David Keeble, global head of interest rate strategy in Credit Agricole Corporate& Investment Bank in New York.
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NEW YORK, Feb 20- U.S. The market will be looking at the minutes for clues on the future of the central bank's bond-buying plans after the Federal Open Market Committee last month left in place its $85 billion- a-month stimulus.
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NEW YORK, Feb 20- U.S. The market will be looking at the minutes for clues on the future of the central bank's bond-buying plans after the Federal Open Market Committee last month left in place its $85 billion- a-month stimulus.
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NEW YORK, Feb 20- U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Wednesday, ahead of data on the housing market and inflation, as well as minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee's January meeting. Housing starts and permits for January along with the January producer price index are due at 8:30 a.m..
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NEW YORK, Feb 20- U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Wednesday, ahead of data on the housing market and inflation, as well as minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee's January meeting. *Housing starts and permits for January along with the January producer price index are due at 8:30 a.m..
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Strategists said Japan was stepping back from some of its more aggressive policy easing proposals after the Group of 20 nations declared at a meeting in Moscow on Saturday that there would be no global currency war.
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TOKYO, Feb 20- Japanese government bond prices eased on Wednesday ahead of a 20- year JGB auction and on a rally in Japanese shares, lifting the five-year yield from its record low hit the previous day.
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SINGAPORE, Feb 20- The yen rose versus the dollar on Wednesday after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the need to establish a public-private sector fund to buy foreign bonds has declined.
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At 0706 GMT, futures for Euro STOXX 50 and for Germany's DAX were flat, while those for France's CAC were 0.1 percent higher.
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*At its January meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee left in place the central bank's monthly $85 billion bond-buying stimulus plan, saying it needed to support employment conditions even as it indicated a recent stall in U.S. economic growth was likely temporary.
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*Stocks fall on unconfirmed rumors of hedge fund selling assets Fed minutes may contain clues on duration of Fed stimulus. NEW YORK, Feb 20- U.S. The market will be looking at the minutes for clues on the future of the central bank's bond-buying plans after the Federal Open Market Committee last month left in place its $85 billion- a-month stimulus.
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TOKYO, Feb 20- Japanese government bond prices eased on Wednesday ahead of a 20- year JGB auction the following day and on a rally in Japanese share prices, but expectations of aggressive monetary easing by the Bank of Japan kept the five-year yield near its record low.
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NEW YORK, Feb 19- U.S. government debt prices fell on Tuesday as gains in the stock market reduced the appeal of safer but low-yielding bonds, but worries over the possible federal spending cuts and outcome of the upcoming Italian election limited bond losses.
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While the Dow is still about 1 percent below its October 2007 high, two-thirds of all stock mutual funds have posted new highs since then, according to Lipper.