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BoJ advised to slow or maintain JGB tapering pace from 2026

Bond traders satisfied with current plan but disagree on future balance sheet policy

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Market participants have told the Bank of Japan that it should reduce or maintain the current pace of the tapering of Japanese government bonds (JGBs) from April 2026.

The BoJ is reducing its monthly JGB purchases by ¥400 billion ($2.8 billion) every quarter as part of its policy normalisation. The tapering plan, announced last July, aims to gradually reduce the bank’s monthly JGB purchases from ¥6 trillion to ¥3 trillion by the end of the first quarter of 2026.

The bank today (June 2) published

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