boj minutes, 2018-12-20
As for interest rates on term instruments, yields on three-month treasury discount bills (T-Bills) temporarily had been at a low level of around minus 0.3 percent, but had risen somewhat from late November, due partly to a decline in demand for T-Bills by foreign investors against the backdrop of an increase in short-term yen funding costs mainly through foreign exchange swaps.
Sentiment: neutral
Topic: mp_interest_rate