
QNB: Multiple factors behind the rise in Japanese bond yields
Gulf Times
QNB: Multiple factors behind the rise in Japanese bond yields
Qatar National Bank (QNB) attributed the rise in long-term Japanese government bond yields to several factors, most notably a structural shift in nominal growth driven by changes in political leadership, in addition to declining institutional demand amid regulatory changes. In its weekly commentary, QNB said, "After decades of deflationary stagnation and exceptionally low interest rates, Japan has entered a new macroeconomic regime. Following the Covid-pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war, the "supply shocks" of confinement measures and geopolitical disruptions, combined with the global surge in commodity prices fuelled prices in Japan. These events amplified with a large "demand shock" from an unprecedented boost from significant fiscal support with ultra-loose monetary policy, pushing up the prices of goods. "After major central banks began to hike interest rates to bring inflation under control, the interest rate gap with Japan widened, while the Bank of Japan (BoJ) maintained its "ultra loose" monetary policy with a negative short-term policy rate of -0.1 percent. As a result of this gap, the Japanese Yen (JPY) depreciated sharply, inducing a wave of renewed price pressures, pushing inflation above 4 percent in early 2023, a level that had not been reached in over three decades.













