(Tokyo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Do-yeon = As the yield on Japan's 10-year government bond, a benchmark for long-term interest rates, rose to 2.95% at one point on the 31st, bond prices... for the first time in 30 years
(Tokyo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Do-yeon = As the yield on Japan's 10-year government bond, a benchmark for long-term interest rates, rose to 2.95% at one point on the 31st, bond prices... for the first time in 30 years
On the 31st, the yield on newly issued 10-year government bonds, a benchmark for long-term interest rates, rose to a high of 2.950%. According to Japan Mutual Securities, this is the highest level in approximately 29 years and 10 months, since October 1996. The 3% mark is now within sight. Expectations of an early interest rate hike in the United States are strengthening, and US long-term interest rates are…