JAPAN DATA: China slashed its net selling of Japanese short-term
bills to Y624.3 billion ($7.7 billion) in September from net sales of
Y2.03 trillion in August, data released today by Japan’s Ministry of
Finance showed. China, meantime, sold a net Y144.9 billion worth of
Japanese bonds in September, reversing its net buying of Y10.3 billion
in the previous month, the MOF data showed.