EFTA Document EFTA01387269

superlong sector, JPY2.0 trillion for the long-term sector, and JPY2.1 trillion for the medium-term sector, suggesting that foreign demand is likely to have exerted downward pressure along the entire yield curve (although it should be noted that some purchases of cash JGBs may have been offset by selling of futures). The behavior of foreign investors from this point forward is thus likely to warrant close attention...." Figure 6: Foreign investors' net purchases of JGBs by matunty sector (i