The emergency repurchases are designed to prevent interest rates on government securities from rising too sharply. Although the announcement triggered an immediate lift in futures, officials distinguished the measures from a broader program of quantitative easing.
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South Korea Plans Emergency Bond Buybacks to Halt Yield Spikes
Global Markets21 days ago
Korean bond futures rose on Tuesday after the government announced it would intervene in the debt market to stabilize prices. The finance ministry of South Korea will implement treasury bond repurchases and other stabilizing steps if yields climb excessively, the agency said in a statement on September 30.
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