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Japan banks: US bank woes makes scrapping yield curve control difficult

Shares of Japanese banks fall as losses from US bond investments become a real concern and Bank of Japan's yield-curve control policy is unlikely to end soon.

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  • Japanese bank stocks fall due to concern over future earnings, not contagion fears.
  • Losses from US bond investments will be a real concern for local lenders.
  • Bank of Japan's yield-curve control policy is unlikely to end around May.
  • As lenders face another prolonged stretch of ultra-low interest rates, shares have further to fall.
Japan banks: US bank woes makes scrapping yield curve control difficult
Analysts have been betting that the policy would end around May — that now looks highly unlikely
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