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Notional volume traded in IRD has been on the rise since late 2015 within the US, but off-SEF trading still represents a majority of this volume, and the percentage captured by Swap Execution Facilities has been dropping consistently for months.

Japan became only the second country after Switzerland to issue 10-year benchmark bonds at a negative interest rate, with an auction for ¥2.2 trillion government paper at an average yield of -0.024% on March 1.

Not subject to MiFID II delays, the new Market Abuse Regulation aiming to increase the transparency, safety and resilience of European financial markets is due to come into effect on July 3.

A sales tax hike scheduled for April 2016 will be delayed until October 2019 to avert deflationary risks and boost GDP growth, Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe announced on June 1.

The following data is derived from trading activity on the Tradeweb European-listed ETF platform.

Government bond markets continued to rally in June, with the U.S. Treasury 10-year mid-yield ending the month 34.3 basis points lower at 1.49%.

Consumer prices fell by 0.3% year on year in April, Japan’s Statistics Bureau reported on May 27.

The following data is derived from trading activity on the Tradeweb European-listed ETF platform.

At the end of its two-day monetary policy meeting on July 29, the Bank of Japan announced a series of additional stimulus measures, but kept interest rates unchanged.

The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 1.2% in the second quarter of 2016, well below forecasts of a 2.6% expansion, according to preliminary data published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on July 29.