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Propping Up the Currency and Bond Markets

Headlines like these are what make the markets move. It all depends on how long this will last. How long will the governments minipulate the bond markets and the currency markets? Who knows. But there are some pretty big moves going on in forex markets and the world government bond markets. If Japan and England increase their manipulative interactions then we will absolutely see a changing of the current trends in the world markets. This will affect equity markets as well. Im not sure if this will last very long. If there are any experts in forex or treasury bonds then please enlighten me with any insight. There were some big initial reactions in the markets off of these headlines. So any insight will help.

02:15 Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Boichi Matano: appropriate measures will be taken to deal with excessive foreign exchange fluctuations.
02:13 Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroichi Matano: will closely monitor foreign exchange movements with a high sense of urgency.

01:16 The Bank of England: each index-linked bond purchase will be as large as 5 billion pounds.
01:15 The Bank of England: the selling price of index-linked Treasurys will not be allocated if the real yield is below the level observed at Monday's close. At the end of index-linked bond purchases, most bids above the market median yield are likely to be accepted. The minimum yield will be set for temporary purchases of index-linked government bonds.

01:09 The Bank of England: intends to buy index-linked gilts with a maturity of three years or more.

01:05 The Bank of England: it will be ready to buy up to £10 billion of government bonds a day.

$USD(USDindex.FX)$ initially started dropping with treasury yields in the US and in England when the news started releasing.
Propping Up the Currency and Bond Markets
Propping Up the Currency and Bond Markets
You can see in the picture below how the major forex futures tickers reacted. The major overseas currencies are gaining strength off of this news. This will weaken the US dollar which would theoretically be good for equities.
Propping Up the Currency and Bond Markets
Even $E-mini S&P 500 Futures(JUN4)(ESmain.US)$ and other equity futures are getting some major whipsaw price action while the market is digesting this news dissemination.
Propping Up the Currency and Bond Markets
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