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Pricing Inflation Swaps in the Japanese Bond Market


Abstract: Japanese government bond markets present a puzzling pattern. Unlike U.S. markets, where bond liquidity and other premiums have been shown to drive a wedge between prices of nominal U.S. Treasury securities and those of matching portfolios comprised of inflation-indexed bonds and derivative contracts, analysis shows no such wedge for similar asset combinations in Japanese markets.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Part of Series: FRBSF Economic Letter

Publication Date: 2026-10-07

Volume: 2026

Issue: 29

Pages: 6

Note: Part of the Pacific Basin Notes series of publications from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco