One widely-held view is that the Bank of Japan has refrained from stepping up its purchases of Japanese Government Bonds in recent months because the pool of available securities is drying up quickly. By contrast, we believe that QQE can continue at least until mid-2019 in its current form. What’s more, the sizeable volume of municipal debt outstanding offers one option to expand the programme further.
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