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Standard deviation: measure of how widely an investment or investment strategys returns move relative to its average returns for an observed period. A higher
value implies more risk, in that there is more of a chance the actual return observed is farther away from the average return.
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Japanese Government Bond (JGB): A bond issued by the government of Japan. The government pays interest on the bond until the maturity date. At the maturity
date, the full price of the bond is returned to the bondholder. Japanese government bonds play a key role in the financial securities market in Japan.
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Current account: The difference between a nations total exports of goods, services and transfers, and its total imports of them.
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6) MINISTRY OF FINANCE (MOF) AND BOJ AGREE TO RESTRUCTURE JGBS INTO ZERO-COUPON PERPETUAL BONDS
The Bank of Japan is mopping up government debt like few other central banks have done in history. Is there an exit? What is
the endgame? Over the coming months, the Federal Reserves first concrete moves away from quantitative easing4 may prove
valuable lessons for what the BOJ will have to face eventually. A real surprise would be if Japanese technocrats decide to pre-empt
this debate and propose a more proactive course for Japan. If both MoF and BOJ agree to restructure the BOJ-owned JGBs into
zero-coupon perpetual bonds, the Japanese fiscal-monetary nexus could keep running without markets having to worry about
the eventual exit.
Possible? Surely it would be a very radical step with little historic precedent. However, if, against expectations, the Feds balance
sheet normalization causes greater-than-expected financial disturbances, a more pragmatic cooperative approach between the
treasury and the central bank could well become possible in Japan, in our view.
If so, the implications for the bond market maybe less significant than the possible impact on the currency: Yen currency devaluation
risks would rise significantly, in our view.
Quantitative Easing (QE): A government monetary policy occasionally used to increase the money supply by buying government securities or other securities from the
market. Quantitative easing increases the money supply by flooding financial institutions with capital, in an effort to promote increased lending and liquidity.
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Abenomics: Series of policies enacted after the election of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on December 16, 2012 aimed at stimulating Japans economic growth.
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