TOKYO, July 28 (Reuters) - Japan's 10-year government bond
yield rose on Tuesday, on worries about government spending as
sources for potential food tax cuts that Prime Minister Sanae
Takaichi pledged to carry out remain unclear.
The benchmark 10-year JGB yield rose to as high
as 2.78%, and was last up 1 basis point at 2.78%. Yields move
inversely to bond prices.
Ruling and opposition parties have failed to reach an agreement
on details of the programme at the parliament session concluded
on Monday, but Takaichi said she would swiftly submit a bill for
the cuts.
"Worries over the government spending will keep weighing on
investor sentiment as the Takaichi government has not shown the
source of funding for the planned tax cuts," said Takashi
Fujiwara, chief fund manager at Resona Asset Management.
The 20-year JGB yield was up 2 bps at 3.67%. The
30-year yield rose 1.5 bps to 3.980%.
Shorter-end yields fell, with the two-year yield
, down 1 bp to 1.49%. The five-year yield
fell 1 bp to 2.005%, retreating from a record high
of 2.045% marked on Friday.
The market is awaiting a message from Bank of Japan Governor
Kazuo Ueda at the end of its policy meeting on Friday, where the
central bank is expected to keep the policy rate steady.
"The market is expecting interest rate hikes at a faster
pace, but the BOJ's message will be limited to show its caution
for upward pressure on prices," said Kento Minami, senior
economist at Daiwa Securities.
Minami expects the BOJ to raise interest rates again in
October to stem the yen's weakness as central banks in the U.S.
and Europe could increase rates in September.
The BOJ raised interest rates to a 31-year high of 1% in
June and signalled readiness to tighten further.
"It would be too late for the BOJ to raise rates in
December," Minami said.