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Japan's Stimulus Generates Ripples
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The Bank of Japan's plans to buy 100 trillion yen of Japanese government debt in 2 years to fight deflation is having a positive effect on the eurozone economies. Japanese investors are buying eurozone sovereign debt. J.P. Morgan estimates the increase in investments for overseas bonds by Japanese investors in 2013 at 45 billion euros. This is lowering the yields on the sovereign bonds of France, Netherlands and Austria to record lows and lowering the yields of sovereign bonds of Italy and Spain. The 10 year yields on Italy's government bonds declined to 4.326%. Yields on 10 year Japanese government bonds was 0.514% on April 8, 2013.
China's policy of continued support for Spain's sovereign government debt and other European debt
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China is wary of the impact on its largest export market of a fall in the euro as a result of a eurozone crisis in Spain and Portugal. China plans to buy a significant portion of Spain's debt issuance of 200 billion euros in 2011.
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Japanese investors and lower yields on eurozone sovereign debt- 2013-2014
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