Japan 10-year bond yields hit 9-year high on lookout for BOJ shift

Interest rate derivatives start to price in expectations of early end to negative rates

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Speculation is mounting that the Bank of Japan will end its negative interest rate policy in early 2024, or even late this year. © Reuters

TAKAHISA TAMURA and YASUHA MINAMI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japan's benchmark long-term interest rate reached a new nine-year high Tuesday on mounting expectations that the Bank of Japan will drop its negative interest rate policy sooner than once thought.

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