日銀、「指し値オペ」実施　長期金利上昇を抑制

　日銀は２０日、長期金利の上昇を抑えるため、特定の利回りで国債を無制限に買い入れる「指し値オペ」を実施した。長期金利の指標となる新発１０年物国債を０．２５％の利回りで購入。米国で金利上昇が顕著となる中、日銀は大規模金融緩和の一環として、長期金利を０．２５％以下に抑える方針を堅持しており、日米の金利差拡大から円安が一段と加速する可能性がある。
　２０日の東京債券市場では、長期金利が０．２５％に上昇（債券価格は下落）した。米国が金融引き締めを加速するとの見方から米金利の上昇基調が鮮明化。それが波及する形で、国内市場でも金利が上がりやすい状況となっている。（2022/04/20-11:34）

The Bank of Japan on Wednesday offered to buy the newest 10-year Japanese government bonds unlimitedly at a fixed yield of 0.25 pct, in order to prevent a surge in long-term interest rates.
   Amid soaring Treasury bond yields in the United States, the fixed-yield JGB-buying money market operation by the Japanese central bank may lead the yen to weaken further reflecting a wider gap in Japanese and U.S. interest rates.
   The yield on the most recently issued 10-year JGBs, regarded as Japan's benchmark long-term interest rate, climbed to 0.25 pct in Tokyo interdealer bond trading Wednesday, following a rise in Treasury yields Tuesday stemming from expectations for acceleration in monetary tightening by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
   The dollar topped 129 yen in foreign exchange trading Wednesday for the first time in about 20 years.
   As part of its massive monetary easing policy, the BOJ is guiding the benchmark 10-year JGB yield to around zero pct while tolerating its rise to up to 0.25 pct.