1. The Bank of Japan raised interest rates by 25 basis points as expected, bringing rates to a 31-year high.
2. The Bank of Japan decided to pause its tapering of bond purchases starting next April.
3. China Central Depository & Clearing Co., Ltd. (CCDC): Plans to reduce settlement service fees for spot bond transactions executed through market making to 25% of the benchmark rate.
4. State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE): Foreign investors were net buyers of domestic stocks and bonds in May.
5. The Ministry of Finance issued RMB 15 billion in government bonds in Hong Kong today.
6. The Ministry of Finance will issue euro-denominated sovereign bonds in Luxembourg, with a scale not exceeding €5 billion.
7. PICC Asset Management completed its first transaction under the Bond Connect "Southbound Trading".
8. Nvidia's bond issuance increased to $25 billion, with subscriptions reaching $85 billion.
9. Following the Middle East peace agreement, the cost of default protection for Israeli debt hit a near three-year low.
10. Deutsche Bank: The aftermath of the Iran war may impact the European credit bond market. 11. Zimbabwe cut interest rates by 500 basis points, becoming the first central bank to cut rates since the US-Iran agreement was reached.
