Wednesday, May 30, 2007

JGBs edge up,rate worry weighs on short-term bonds

(Reuters) - Industrial production fell 0.1 percent in April from a month
earlier, against a forecast 0.5 percent rise, but traders said
the data failed to reverse mounting expectations for the BOJ to
raise rates as soon August.




"The weak April data alone does not alter the view that the
economy is growing in line with the Bank of Japan's basic
scenario," said Makoto Yamashita, chief JGB strategist at Lehman
Brothers.


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