I'm guessing this is unrelated to my post on the democracy sausage, but you never know

  • Bank of Japan increased purchase of 10 to 25 year maturities to 200bn yen (190bn previously)
  • And for more than 25 year maturities to 120bn yen (from 110bn previously)

The Bank acting to push down yields on long dated JGBs

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ADDED ... Oh, here we go, some comments from the BOJ on this:

  • Increase in BOJ's super-long buying took into account recent rapid rises in super-long JGB yields, possibility of further volatility
  • Increase in super-long buying is aimed at steering yield curve toward what BOJ deems appropriate

(Via Reuters)