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New Zealand government bonds ended Thursday’s session on a softer note, tracking the similar trend in the U.S. counterpart after Chinese officials recommended halting purchases of U.S. Treasuries, in a bid to control the excessive bond-buying by the country, noted as the world’s largest holder of foreign-exchange reserves.
At the time of closing, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves inversely to its price, rallied 1-1/2 basis points to 2.89 percent, the yield on 20-year also rose 1-1/2 basis points to 3.36 percent and the yield on short-term 2-year ended flat at 2.00 percent.
Benchmark yields in the US rose for the fifth day after officials in China reviewing the nation’s foreign-exchange holdings were said to have recommended slowing or halting purchases of Treasuries. The sentiment was already fragile earlier on Wednesday ahead of an issue of 10-year notes by the Treasury and a glut of supply from Europe.
China holds the world’s largest foreign-exchange reserves, at USD3.1 trillion, and regularly assesses its strategy for investing them. It isn’t clear whether the recommendations of the officials have been adopted, Livemint reported.
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