{
  "id": 980208,
  "title": "Short-term JGB yields jump to multi-decade highs on BOJ rate-hike bets",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/short-term-jgb-yields-jump-to-multi-decade-highs-on-boj-rate-hike-bets",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:50:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1538700/short-term-jgb-yields-jump-to-multi-decade-highs-on-boj-rate-hike-bets/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Japanese government bonds fell on Friday, sending shorter-term yields to historic highs, as expectations firmed around a Bank of Japan interest rate hike next month. The two-year yield, the one most sensitive to BOJ policy rates, added 0.5 basis point (bp) to 1.650%, the highest since May 1995. Yields move inversely to bond prices. The […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Short-term JGB yields jump to multi-decade highs on BOJ rate-hike bets",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/short-term-jgb-yields-jump-to-multi-decade-highs-on-boj-rate-hike-bets",
        "published": "2026-08-14T06:43:48.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}