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2026-05-27 16:18:46
[Bank of Japan's Government Bond Holdings Suffer Record Loss of ¥45.44 Trillion in Last Fiscal Year] ⑴ The Bank of Japan announced a record loss on its holdings of Japanese government bonds in the last fiscal year, highlighting the heavy valuation blow to its holdings caused by the bank's shift to higher interest rates. ⑵ The central bank announced on Wednesday that its unrealized losses on its Japanese government bond holdings amounted to ¥45.441 trillion, or approximately $285.26 billion, in the fiscal year ending in March. ⑶ This loss is higher than the ¥28.625 trillion recorded in the previous fiscal year and is the central bank's largest loss since comparable data became available. ⑷ Bank of Japan officials have long insisted that such losses do not affect monetary policy decisions because the bank intends to hold these bonds to maturity, meaning these book losses will not be realized.
