Japan Risks Yield Jump Undermining BOJ Easing, Fiscal Panel Says

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A Japanese government fiscal advisory panel warned that a failure to improve the nation’s finances could trigger a spike in bond yields that makes central bank easing less effective.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe needs to map out a plan to curb the world’s largest public debt and maintain confidence in the nation’s bonds, the panel, which includes academics and company executives, said in a report released in Tokyo today.