Economy
Trio of critical signs point to global economic slowdown
Downturn in copper prices, weak shipping rates and historic yield inversion raise red flags
Bonds
Bonds
Japan's MUFG to float $2bn in AT1 bonds
Megabank responds to investor demand for controversial debt instrument
Finance
China debuts Swap Connect program for onshore bond hedging
Foreign access via Hong Kong aims to curb outflows and boost market liquidity
Interview
Fewer Treasurys, more JGBs in the cards for Japan life insurers
Nippon Life, Dai-ichi Life executives discuss possible rate shifts and stronger yen
Finance
Fed delivers quarter-point rate hike, hints at pause in tightening
Central bank no longer 'anticipates' more increases amid bank failures, debt standoff
Telecommunication
Rakuten faces $8.7bn bond redemptions, awaits 'platinum' mobile bands
Japan conglomerate sees refinancing costs rise as credit rating falls
Bonds
Japan life insurers to raise JGB holdings with eye on BOJ policy
Nine insurers plan increase of $15bn in anticipation of higher rates
Currencies
Currency hedging costs in bonds to stay high: Sumitomo Life CEO
Insurer sees no narrowing of Japan-U.S. interest rate gap this year
Bonds
Japan brokerages sold over $740m in Credit Suisse AT1 bonds
MUFG apparently unloaded vast majority of troubled debt
Bonds
Japan's SMFG to issue $1bn in AT1 bonds
Financial group first to test investor appetite since Credit Suisse rescue
Bonds
MUFG clients hit with $700m in losses on Credit Suisse AT1 bonds
Wealthy Japanese customers' investments wiped out in Swiss bank rescue
Interview
BOJ may end yield curve control by September: MUFG markets chief
Central bank could lift negative rate policy next fiscal year, says Hiroyuki Seki
Bank of Japan
Marathon, not sprint: 4 takeaways from new BOJ head's briefing
Ueda steps back from talk of policy tweaks amid banking turmoil
Bank of Japan
Kuroda's exit means BOJ's honeymoon with government is truly over
New central bank chief Ueda faces reckoning on decade of extreme monetary easing
Opinion
China's central bank is now rock of stability in a turbulent world
Yuan, China's government bonds and its bank stocks emerge as safe havens
Bonds
MUFG delays AT1 bond issuance on post-Credit Suisse concerns
Investor demand in flux after Swiss bank's bonds were wiped out in takeover by UBS
Economy
Japan lags behind U.S., U.K. in curbing pandemic deficits
Rising interest rates pose risk for Tokyo as it struggles to scale back stimulus
Bonds
Japan banks' AT1 yields steady week after Credit Suisse rescue
Instruments shielded by regulatory framework built after 1990s banking woes
Finance
Standard Chartered CEO skeptical of Credit Suisse AT1 bond wipeout
Bill Winters says 3 failed banks 'would appear to have been solvent'
Bonds
Japanese bond purchase by overseas investors hits weekly record
BOJ efforts to curb short selling help push yield to 3-month low
