Japanese Government Bond

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
JGB
Pronunciation
/ˌʤæpəˈniz ˈgəvərnmənt bɑnd/
Category
Business
Related Field
General

Examples in Context

  1. The fear now is that this will spell the collapse of the Japanese government bond.
  2. Asian banks ' direct exposure to troubled European banks, bonds and economies is relatively small, with Japanese groups ' holdings of bonds dwarfed by their Japanese government bond holdings.
  3. As that changes, the danger that the yen overshoots on the downside becomes higher, with big negative ripple effects both on the Japanese government bond market and the Japanese economy.
  4. The Japanese government bond market is the second largest in the world. It cannot be dismissed like some crazy aunt in the attic.
  5. Since the mid-1990s Japanese government bond yields have remained at what used to be thought of as unbelievably low levels.

Other meanings of JGB