BOJ to hold the 25th Bond Market Group meetings on December 7 and 8, discussing JGB market liquidityA gathering of the people who buy and sell the government's IOUs will be held in December
On November 5, 2026 the Financial Markets Department of the Bank of Japan announced that it will hold the 25th meetings of the Bond Market Group. The sessions are split by group: the banks group on Monday, December 7 from 3:45 p.m., the securities companies group the same day from 5:30 p.m., and the buy-side group on Tuesday, December 8 from 4:00 p.m. The venue is the Bank's Head Office, where it plans to explain the results of the Bond Market Survey, liquidity in the JGB market, and recent market developments and market operations, and then exchange views.
- November 5, 2026 (Reiwa 8)The BOJ Financial Markets Department announces the 25th meetings
- Monday, December 7, from 3:45 p.m.Banks group (at the Bank of Japan Head Office)
- Monday, December 7, from 5:30 p.m.Securities companies group (at the Bank of Japan Head Office)
- Tuesday, December 8, from 4:00 p.m.Buy-side group (at the Bank of Japan Head Office)
Key points
- The schedule is split into three groups: the banks group on Monday, December 7 from 3:45 p.m.; the securities companies group on the same December 7 from 5:30 p.m.; and the buy-side group on Tuesday, December 8 from 4:00 p.m.
- The venue is the Bank of Japan Head Office. Expected participants are working-level staff of financial institutions that take part in the Bond Market Survey and others, together with the Bank's Director-General of the Financial Markets Department and the heads of its General Affairs, Market Operations and Market Infrastructure divisions
- The Bank will explain three items: (1) the results of the Bond Market Survey, (2) liquidity in the JGB market, and (3) recent market developments and market operations
- The published material sets out how the meetings will be held. It does not announce any change in monetary policy or any conclusion of the meetings
What to do in practice
- When materials or a summary of the proceedings are published after the meetings, read the explanations of JGB market liquidity and market operations as background for how you read interest rates
- Note when the Bond Market Survey is published, and check how financial institutions assess the functioning of the market
When the government borrows money it issues a certificate called a government bond, and banks and securities companies buy and sell them. On November 5 the Bank of Japan announced that it will gather those people for meetings on December 7 and 8. The Bank plans to explain whether government bonds are easy to buy and sell in the market at the moment, and how money has been moving recently.
- 1. Survey resultsThe results of the Bond Market Survey of financial institutions
- 2. Ease of tradingLiquidity in the government bond market
- 3. Recent movesRecent market developments and the market operations the Bank is carrying out
Points
- A government bond is the certificate the government issues when it borrows money
- The Bank of Japan will hold meetings on December 7 and 8 with the people who buy and sell government bonds
- The topics are how easy it is to buy and sell (liquidity) and recent movements of money
What the words mean
- Government bond
- The certificate the government issues when it borrows money
- Liquidity
- How easily you can sell when you want to sell and buy when you want to buy
- Market operations
- Transactions the Bank of Japan carries out to adjust the amount of money circulating and the level of interest rates
- Bank of Japan: Bank of Japan, Financial Markets Department: Holding of the 25th Meeting of the Bond Market Group
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