For the week ended December 13

  • Japan Buying Foreign Bonds, Y 110.5B (previous week was Y 413.2B)
  • Japan Buying Foreign Stocks, Y -212.5B (previous week was Y -127.5)
  • Foreign Buying Japan Bonds, Y 425.5B (previous week was Y -13.9B)
  • Foreign Buying Japan Stocks , Y 619.3B (previous week was Y 113.8B)
  • No immediate impact from this data.
  • It shows a continued trickle of money out of Japan into foreign bonds. Emphasis on the trickle.
japan buying foreign bonds

USD/JPY order levels are here (and I’ll be updating these soon). I highlighted sellers 104.35/50, and the market is currently being held there at the initial seller level. It isn’t dropping away much, though and looks like when Singapore and HK come in they’ll try harder for the topside.

EUR/USD orders are here, and again the initial buyer level highlighted in these is holding as well.