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            <title><![CDATA[Yen’s Correlation With Oil Hit 2021 High Before Intervention]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bond Traders Eye Packed Week of Rate Decisions for Sell Signals]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Taiwan Insurers’ Hedging Pivot Cements Global Bond Prowess]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rogoff Calls Dollar 20% Overvalued, Warns Markets ‘Naive’ on War]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Bonds Draw Largest Foreign Inflow in a Year Last Week]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bond Traders Boost Bets on a Fed Cut This Year After Ceasefire]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Traders Position for Another Trump Deadline as Frustration Grows]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Treasuries Erase Gains as Solid Data Precedes Trump Speech]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Bonds Gain as Iran Withdrawal Hopes Fuel Fed Rate-Cut Bets]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Taiwan Insurers Slash Forwards by $55 Billion on New Regulations]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Taiwan Swaps Signal Rate Hike Bets on Inflation, Currency Risks]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Australian Pension Funds Raise FX Hedges as Local Dollar Surges]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan’s Investors Sell Most Overseas Bonds Since 2024 Last Month]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 04:14:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Treasuries Fall as Inflation Angst Eclipses Haven Buying]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tokyo Electric Power Unit Temporarily Cuts Renewable Energy]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Agenda Needs Allies to Stick by US Debt as Others Flee]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[BlackRock Says Japanese Bonds Offer 6% Yield With Currency Boost]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Soaring Yields Drew Near-Record Inflow to Japan Bonds in January]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:07:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Sleepy Corner of Japan’s Bond Market Ignited on Foreign Demand]]></title>
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