All posts tagged "government bonds"
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202KoreaBank of Korea Cuts Policy Rate to All-time Low
Korea's GDP shrank 1.4% year-on-year from January to March period, its biggest quarterly decline since the 2008 global financial crisis.
May 29, 2020 -
480IndiaSEBI Allows Debt Funds to Increase Exposure to G-Secs
The flexibility has been granted for three months to ensure adequate liquidity in corporate bond funds, banking & PSU debt funds, and credit risk funds.
May 23, 2020 -
302Australia & NZRBNZ Announces Expansion of Asset Purchase Programme
The RBNZ's bond-buying programme will be capped at NZ$60bn, up from the NZ$33bn announced in March. Government inflation-indexed bonds are also now included.
May 14, 2020 -
482JapanBOJ Ramps Up Support for Bond Markets, Corporate Japan
The BOJ has removed its bond-buying cap, more than doubled its limit on corporate debt purchases, and expanded the collateral banks can pledge to include household debt.
April 27, 2020 -
583Asia-PacificBank Indonesia Cuts RRR, Prepares to Buy Govt Bonds
The measures include a 200bp RRR cut for banks and a 50bp cut for Islamic banks. The central bank may also start buying government bonds in the primary market in two weeks.
April 18, 2020 -
448Australia & NZ
RBNZ Launches New Liquidity Facility for Banks
The facility allows banks to swap corporate paper and other asset-backed securities for cash. Banks are offering six-month deferrals on residential mortgage repayments.
March 31, 2020 -
340Australia & NZ
RBNZ Announces Bond Buying Programme, Other Measures
The latest measures include a NZ$30bn bond-buying programme, a new term lending facility for banks, and additional liquidity to support funding markets.
March 23, 2020 -
428Asia-PacificUPDATED – BOT Announces Emergency Rate Cut, Other Measures
The central bank says the rate cut will have a greater impact if FIs take an active role to address borrowers' liquidity problems and accelerate debt restructuring.
March 23, 2020 -
392Japan
BOJ Carries Out Emergency Operations to Curb Bond Volatility
The 1.3 trillion yen emergency bond-buying operation to was aimed at stabilising the debt market given its recent volatility, the BOJ said.
March 20, 2020 -
406Australia & NZRBA, APRA Free Up Liquidity, Capital Buffers for Banks
New measures include an interest rate cut, a bond-buying programme, a term lending facility for banks, and relaxed expectations on bank capital ratios.
March 19, 2020
