Kuroda not giving anything away just yet

  • BOJ won't allow yields to fall for a prolonged period below its target
  • Will take appropriate market operation steps if needed

The current threshold in which the BOJ will allow long-term yields to run is +/- 0.20% from the zero level, so this once again adds to the notion last week that perhaps the central bank is viewing the -0.30% level as a key threshold to defend:

JGB yields