Market Trends - Japan's 20-year government bond auction saw the strongest demand since 2020 [1] - Higher yields attracted investors to the auction [1] Investment Opportunities - Strong demand in the auction suggests potential investment opportunities in Japanese government bonds [1] Risk Factors - Domestic political uncertainty exists despite the strong bond demand [1]

Market Trends & Risks - Investors in Japan are preparing for a difficult 20-year government bond auction [1] - Political uncertainty is putting pressure on longer-dated debt [1] - Lingering fiscal risks are contributing to the pressure on longer-dated debt [1]

Portugal’s government bond rating was raised by Fitch Ratings, which cited a steady decline in the country’s public debt burden https://t.co/RmUuZ2sElq ...

Market Trends - Global investors are showing renewed interest in Chinese government bonds [1] - A previous selloff, triggered by a shift into stocks, had pushed yields to multi-month highs [1]

Tom Lee: Can Stablecoins Solve US Debt Issues?In an interview with Mario Nawfal, Tom Lee, Chairman of Bitmine, pointed out that stablecoins can currently be observed as a microcosm of how debt problems are addressed: for dollar-pegged stablecoins, their issuers use collateral assets to purchase government bonds, forming a circular mechanism that provides a degree of sustained financial stability. If the Federal Reserve rolls out a true Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) – one that enables every American t ...

The yield on ten-year French government bonds has climbed to 3.6%, on par with that of Italy, the continent’s usual fiscal flounderer. That is worrying, even if it does not suggest an imminent crisis https://t.co/6TiAb6h8o5 ...

Japan’s 30-year government bond auction on Thursday met demand that was broadly in line with its 12-month average even as a global bond selloff and domestic political woes weighed on investor appetite https://t.co/OE52N5S0p8 ...

Longer-dated Indian bonds rose on Wednesday amid hopes that the government may trim supply of such securities in its borrowing plan for the second half of the fiscal year https://t.co/mPkEuOHQi6 ...

Indonesia’s central bank is helping President Prabowo Subianto fund his priority projects by sharing some of the interest it earns on government bonds and buying debt in the secondary market https://t.co/5lLFk3kpza ...

YOU LATER IN THE PROGRAM. STAYING IN ASIA, LET'S GET BACK TO THE MARKETS. PAUL DOBSON JOINS US NOW.IT LOOKS LIKE JAPANESE BONDS ARE JOINING THE GLOBAL BOND SLIDE. GOOD, LACEY. NORMALLY -- GOOD MORNING, LIZZIE.A MARKET THAT HAS BEEN SLEEPING, FOR MOST OF THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES IS REALLY COMING TO LIFE NOW AND THAT'S BECAUSE WERE SEEING EVER RISING YIELDS, AT THE BACK END OF THE CURVE IN PARTICULAR, SIGNALING A LACK OF DEMAND FOR THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT BONDS. THERE ARE REASONS FOR THIS THAT ARE KIND OF U ...