TOKYO, June 9 (Reuters) - Japanese government bond
yields rose on Monday, buoyed by an advance for U.S. Treasury
yields after resilient labour market data on Friday saw traders
pare back bets for a near-term Federal Reserve interest rate
cut.
The 10-year JGB yield rose 1.5 basis points
(bps) to 1.470% as of 0515 GMT.
The two-year JGB yield also added 1.5 bps to
0.775%, while the five-year yield climbed 2 bps to
1.030%.
That's after 10-year Treasury yields jumped 11.5
bps on Friday as a rise in non-farm payrolls for May and gains
for wages topped economist estimates. Traders now see 63% odds
of a Fed cut by September, down from 74% before the jobs data.
Benchmark 10-year JGB futures fell 0.18 yen to
139.17 yen. Yields rise when bond prices fall.
The 20-year JGB yield added 2.5 bps to
2.355%, and 30-year yield advanced 3.5 bps to
2.910%.
For those super-long bonds, yields remained a long way from
last month's peaks: a quarter-century high of 2.600% for 20-year
JGBs and a record 3.185% for 30-year JGBs.
Investors shied away from the longest-dated securities amid
growing angst about developed-nation deficits, including in
Japan, which were later exacerbated by poor results at
super-long JGB auctions.
However, a turning point for the market came when Japan's
finance ministry pledged to examine reduced issuance of
super-long debt, according to Yunosuke Ikeda, chief macro
strategist at Nomura.
Now, in the event of a poor JGB auction, investors still buy
the bonds in the belief that the finance ministry will pare
issuance by even more.
"A kind of built-in stabilization system is at work," Ikeda
said.
"In that sense, we can say the worst period is over."