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Observers say speculators betting on a Bank of Japan capitulation amid tightening at other global central banks have been attacking the bonds
The threat of a harsh rate hike by the Fed saw a dark cloud settle over the region’s markets, though China traders were buoyed by positive May factory numbers
China's markets are being buoyed by policy easing exactly as much of the rest of the world is tightening, says Goldman Sachs.
The calls come as global fixed-income traders sold about $35 billion worth of yuan-denominated bonds in the first four months of this year
The carbon capture project, situated at CNOOC's Enping Oilfield in the mouth of the Pearl River, will store carbon dioxide emitted during oil extraction
New construction starts measured by floor area plunged 30.6% in January-May from a year earlier, after a 26.3% fall in January-April
Overseas investors offloaded a combined net total of $145 million in South Korean, Thai, Indian, Indonesian and Malaysian bonds last month, data showed
The driver of the upside potential is China's policy easing, which comes just when much of the rest of the world is tightening
The Bank of Japan ramped up bond buying on Tuesday in a bid to keep the yield on 10-year government bonds at a 0.25% cap, amid renewed pressure from rising global interest rates
Traders across the region were still reeling after Monday’s pummelling but there were gains in China and a minor bounceback in Tokyo
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