91. However, investors said bonds will get support from signs the Bank of Japan is likely to keep interest rates low until the economy is fully back on track. 92. Later today, bonds could get support from proposals by the governing Liberal Democratic Party to help the economy. 93. Okuno also said bonds are getting a boost as traders buy back the lead bond futures contracts. 94. Still, he said, bonds will get a boost from the impending change in the most actively traded bond futures contract. 95. Still, if corporate bonds get cheap enough, buyers will be back. 96. The bonds will still get the higher of the new minimum rate or an average market yield pegged to the five-year Treasury rate. 97. The spectacle in the currency markets will likely offset any help bonds might get from the approaching rollover of the futures contract from September to December, traders said. 98. This April, muni bonds are getting an added lift from a stock market sell-off that has some investors looking for safe havens. 99. To be sure, bonds may get a boost if a revision to May industrial production figures shows economic growth slowing more than had been expected. 100. To be sure, bonds could get a boost from the impending change in the most actively traded bond futures contract. |