SMFG Market Head Sees New Era With Japan Yield as High as 2%.

"The past 30 years were the era of low inflation, low yields and low volatility - those days are over", said Koike, 59, who began his banking career in 1987. (Bloomberg) -- A banker who has spent more than three decades watching Japanese government bonds is bracing for the possibility that long-term yields hit levels unseen in a generation as the central bank moves away from negative rates. [Extracted from the article]

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