TOKYO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Japanese government bond (JGB)
yields rose to multi-year highs on Tuesday alongside U.S.
Treasury yields as investors continued to weigh the impact of
U.S. tariffs while eyeing the Bank of Japan's rate path outlook.
The 10-year JGB yield touched a 14-year peak
of 1.27%, while 10-year JGB futures fell 0.21 points to
140.54 yen.
JGB yields followed U.S. Treasury yields higher, with
ten-year U.S. Treasury yields hovering around 4.57%
during Asian hours.
U.S. President Donald Trump suspended his threat of steep
tariffs on Mexico and Canada on Monday, agreeing to a 30-day
pause to negotiate with the two trade partners.
Trump's additional 10% tariff across all Chinese imports
into the U.S. came into effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on Tuesday (0501
GMT), spurring a tit-for-tat from China.
Elsewhere, BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda reiterated on Tuesday the
central bank will aim to achieve 2% inflation on a sustained
basis.
Markets are eyeing the BOJ's July meeting as the next
possible time for it to raise interest rates.
There is a strong consensus in the market that the BOJ will
raise rates every six months to around 1%, a view that has more
or less been completely factored in, Nomura's chief macro
strategist Naka Matsuzawa said.
The Japan policy rate stands at 0.5% after the BOJ hiked
rates last month.
BOJ policymakers have been reluctant to give guidance about
the terminal rate, but "at some point before they even get to
1%, they have to start communicating with the market", Matsuzawa
said.
The two-year JGB yield sat 1.5 basis points
higher at 0.735%, having briefly touched its highest since
October 2008 at 0.74%.
The five-year yield rose 3 bps to 0.925%, a
level last seen in November 2008.
The 20-year JGB yield also climbed 3 bps to
1.985%. The 30-year JGB yield ticked up 2.5 bps
to 2.325%.