(Reuters) - BOJ Governor Toshihiko Fukui, who spoke at a news conference
following the BOJ's decision to leave interest rates unchanged at
0.5 percent, shed no new light to significantly change market
expectations for a rate hike as early as August, traders said.
"The 8-1 vote left an impression that BOJ board members were
more cautious about a rate hike than previously thought, spurring
short-covering in bonds," said Takeo Okuhara, a bond strategist
at Daiwa Institute of Research.
Read more at Reuters.com Bonds News
following the BOJ's decision to leave interest rates unchanged at
0.5 percent, shed no new light to significantly change market
expectations for a rate hike as early as August, traders said.
"The 8-1 vote left an impression that BOJ board members were
more cautious about a rate hike than previously thought, spurring
short-covering in bonds," said Takeo Okuhara, a bond strategist
at Daiwa Institute of Research.
Read more at Reuters.com Bonds News
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