Weak demand in the five-year bond auction leads to curve flattening, while life insurer buying supports the ultra-long end.

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⑴ Japanese government bond futures opened lower at 127.50 on Tuesday morning, down 12 basis points from the previous trading day, and within a few minutes further touched an intraday low of 127.46. The five-year government bond yield rose by 1.5 basis points to 1.92% due to cautious sentiment surrounding that day's auction. Long-end yields also rose but to a lesser extent, with the ten-year yield up 1 basis point to 2.68%, while the thirty-year yield remained flat at 3.95%. The yield curve exhibited a bear flattening pattern.⑵ By midday, futures recovered morning losses and yields turned lower, with the curve maintaining its flat shape. Both five-year and ten-year yields fell 0.5 basis points from the previous day to 1.90% and 2.665%, respectively, while the thirty-year yield declined by 1 basis point to 3.84%.⑶ After trading restarted in the afternoon, futures continued to climb and hit an intraday high of 127.78; however, the result of the five-year government bond auction fell short of expectations, with a tail spread of 1.4 basis points and a bid-to-cover ratio of just 3.11, lower than the average of 3.31 over the past six auctions. As a result, futures pulled back from the highs, but the ten-year and non-benchmark 13- and 17-year issues remained resilient, providing support for futures around the 127.60 area.⑷ In the final hour of trading, the ten-year bonds faced selling pressure, with reports that life insurance companies were selling at this maturity. The ten-year yield returned to the early high of 2.68%. Meanwhile, life insurer buying emerged in thirty- and forty-year non-benchmark issues, further intensifying flattening pressures. Institutions pointed out that dealers who went short the super-long non-benchmark issues to take on life insurer bids might need to cover shorts, and the curve may continue to flatten on Wednesday. The low liquidity of the super-long non-benchmark issues is amplifying price swings, which could undermine dealers’ efforts to push up long-term yields ahead of Thursday’s twenty-year government bond auction.⑸ On Wednesday, market attention will turn to the summary of the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy meeting for this month. The central bank previously decided to hike rates by 25 basis points to 1%. Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida stated after the meeting that no members had proposed a 50 basis-point hike, but the minutes may reveal whether any members believe the central bank needs a faster pace of tightening than the market currently expects.

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