Funds Taking on BOJ See Its Defense Plan Unchanged Next Quarter

  • BOJ quarterly bond purchase plan unchanged on Thursday
  • Analysts had seen chance of a boost to super-long debt buying

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) headquarters in Tokyo.

Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg
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Bond vigilantes betting on policy change in Tokyo saw the Bank of Japan lay out an unchanged quarterly asset purchase plan Thursday.

Despite benchmark yields bumping up against the central bank’s 0.25% cap and longer-maturity ones soaring, the BOJ kept the amount and frequencies of planned bond purchases unchanged in the July-September period, according to a statement.