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Japan finds itself trapped in its own bond market

On Tuesday, Wall Street traders confronted an even bigger fear than political chaos in Washington: the Japanese bond market. The problem was a shockingly weak demand for Tokyo’s debt at a government auction. A day earlier, the Bank of Japan announced that it might curb its own purchases of debt – purchases aimed at reviving a lethargic […]

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