http://www.publicdebtnet.org/ New Network News it PDM Network Seoul, May 18 (IANS) South Korea is not mulling ban on short selling of non-financial stocks despite resurfacing concerns over Europe's debt crisis, a senior financial regulator said Friday.
"Ban on short sales is not being mulled at present," Koh Seung-beom, director general of Financial Services Commission (FSC) financial policy bureau, told reporters [...]



http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13443 20120518 The Federal Government, Wednesday, borrowed N70 billion ($440.31 million), though the issuance of 5-year and 10-year bonds maturing in 2017 and 2022, at its regular auction, the Debt Management Office (DMO) said [...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13442 20120518 The present Government in Tamil Nadu has taken steps to alleviate the financial condition of state public sector undertakings, including the power utility, and stemmed the deteriorating fiscal condition in the State, according to the Finance Minister, Mr O. Paneerselvam [...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13441 20120518 The leaders of eight of the world's biggest economies meet this weekend outside Washington, seeking to keep Europe's debt crisis from spiraling out of control and jeopardizing fledgling recoveries in the US and elsewhere [...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13440 20120518 With the sovereign debt crisis in Greece growing increasingly dire, a team of WSJ reporters and editors fielded reader questions in a live chat on May 17. The chat featured reporter Marcus Walker, who is based in Berlin, and covers politics and economics in Germany and the euro zone [...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13439 20120518 The head of Greece's radical left party—throwing down a gauntlet that could increase tensions between Greece and its frustrated European creditors—said he sees little chance Europe will cut off funding to the country but that if it does, Athens will stop paying its debts [...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13438 20120518 Top world leaders gathering at Camp David this weekend are expected to exhort Angela Merkel to open wide the vaults of Berlin's treasury to forestall a collapse of Greece and Europe's common currency. The German leader's response to be the pressure figures to be a familiar one: Nein [...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13437 20120518 France’s new finance minister, Pierre Moscovici, has insisted France will not ratify the fiscal treaty unless an EU growth pact is agreed [...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13436 20120518 Taoiseach Enda Kenny has ruled out any delay in ratifying the fiscal treaty if the referendum on May 31st is passed. Speaking in Galway yesterday at the announcement of more than 200 new jobs, Mr Kenny said the treaty would be ratified as quickly as possible [...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13435 20120518 European stock markets had a shaky start on Friday as concern continued over Greece and Spain [...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13434 20120518 Market turmoil over the euro zone crisis could last another 12 to 24 months, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Friday, saying it was up to the Greeks to decide if they wanted to stay in the single currency.[...]
http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13424 20120518 Leaders of major industrial economies meet this weekend to try to head off a full-blown crisis in Europe where fears are growing that Greece could leave the euro zone bloc, threatening the future of the common currency.[...]
http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13414 20120518 Spain's borrowing costs shot up at a bond auction on Thursday and its troubled banks suffered a double blow, with shares in part-nationalised Bankia diving and 16 lenders - including the euro zone's biggest - having their credit ratings cut.[...]
http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13406 20120518 The euro sank to a four-month low against the dollar, heading for its biggest weekly drop since January, after Moody’s Investors Service downgraded 16 Spanish banks, underscoring concern that Europe’s turmoil is worsening.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13405 20120518 U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said he won’t swerve from his austerity plan, warning members of the European single currency that their failure to end the region’s debt crisis carries “huge risks for everybody.”[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13404 20120518 Colombia’s financing needs will keep dropping as tax collections rise and the budget deficit narrows, Public Credit Director Maria Fernanda Suarez said.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13402 20120518 The prevailing view amongst Keynesians is that the austerity measures being taken in Europe to prevent a complete currency and bond market collapse is the cause of their current recession.[..] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13403 20120518 The Spanish government’s bank channeling aid to cash-strapped regions can keep a lid on its funding bill by tapping the European Central Bank for loans that cost it a fraction of the amount bond investors will charge.

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13401 20120518 Greece’s credit rating was downgraded one level by Fitch Ratings on concerns the country won’t be able to muster the political support needed to sustain its membership in the euro area as leaders began campaigning ahead of the second national vote in six weeks.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13399 20120518 Treasury 10-year yields, the benchmark for everything from corporate bonds to mortgages, were four basis points from their record low as Europe’s fiscal crisis drove up demand for the relative safety of U.S. debt.

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13398 20120518 Malawi has dispatched a government delegation to Zimbabwe to collect part payment of[..] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13400 20120518 Poland will succeed in reducing its public debt in 2012 even if the zloty enjoys no appreciation in relation to 2011, Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski told radio TOK FM Thursday morning.[..]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13397 20120518 When leaders from eight of the world's biggest economies meet this weekend outside Washington, the focus will be on how to prevent Europe's debt crisis from spiraling out of control.[..]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13396 20120518 France's new Socialist government began its first full day in power by underscoring a commitment to fight debt and deficits at home by landing all 34 ministers and President Francois Hollande with a 30% pay cut, whilst reiterating a pledge to steer Europe onto a path of growth instead of pure austerity.[..]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13395 20120518 The chronic inability to fulfil investment budgets is detrimental to South Africa's economy and is one of the biggest obstacles preventing the economy from raising its growth potential, Moody's says in a credit opinion published on Wednesday.[..]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13394 20120518 They are the few, the brave, the unloved, and among big investors, their number shrinks by the month.[...]
http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13392 20120517 The Bank of Japan is expected to hold off on boosting asset purchases when it reviews policy next week, preferring instead to save ammunition as Europe's deepening debt crisis could warrant action in coming months to fend off damage to the fragile economy.[...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13391 20120517 If Republican and Democratic leaders want to avoid a reprise of last year's nasty showdown over raising the federal debt limit, they are not off to a good start.[...]
http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13390 20120517 Greece's caretaker Cabinet was sworn in Thursday and will lead the country into next month's election, after a deadlocked vote sparked more political turmoil and brought the country's use of the euro currency into question [...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13389 20120517 Spain’s economy shrank in the first three months of 2012 as exports slowed and household spending fell amid the harshest austerity measures in more than three decades aimed at taming the euro area’s third-largest deficit.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13388 20120517 While Greece teeters on a possible exit from the euro there is a growing market focus on debt-laden Spain's ability to avoid a financial abyss [...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13387 20120517 One by one, European nations are letting their voices be heard, tossing out the party in power and voting in those who, in some cases, have a more radical agenda or, in others, are just willing to say “no” to the status quo. A bas l’austerite! Down with austerity! Up with growth![...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13386 20120517 Former ECB member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi has a sharply worded op-ed in the FT that basically says: Greece's demand to renegotiate its bailout while staying in the Eurozone is ridiculous, but that if Greece is forced out, the devastation will be bigger than anyone appreciates [...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13385 20120517 Signs that President Hugo Chávez has no intentions of backing down from Venezuela's upcoming presidential elections, despite his battle with cancer, are putting a damper on the country's red-hot sovereign debt [...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13384 20120517 Japan's economy grew an annualized 4.1% in the January-March quarter as resurgent domestic demand and government spending helped fuel recovery from last year's natural disasters and supply chain disruptions that suppressed growth [...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13382 20120517 The crisis is not relinquishing its grip on Europe. From autumn 2008 to early 2009 the world market experienced the deepest slump in economic output since the Second World War[..] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13368 20120517 China’s economic growth is likely to accelerate for the first time in seven quarters after banks’ reserve requirements were cut, buoying global expansion threatened by Greece’s possible exit from the euro.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13383 20120517 Returning to a national currency after more than a decade of using the euro and having its money managed by the European Central Bank would catapult Greece into a financial, legal and political no man's land [...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13381 20120517 When China feels the need to fire up its fiscal or monetary firepower, we believe the flow of money will send Chinese stocks-along with commodities-higher[..]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13367 20120517 Greece “Cannot have its cake and eat it” by accepting EU financing without the conditions, German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble has said [...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13379 20120517 Investors are fleeing Russia as demonstrators against President Vladimir Putin dig in, exacerbating the impact of Europe’s debt crisis on the country’s markets, money managers from Frankfurt to Moscow said.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13380 20120517 A senior judge has been appointed caretaker prime minister of Greece amid anxiety that the unyielding political turmoil in the country could prompt a run on its banks [...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13378 20120517 Spain has paid sharply higher rates of interest to borrow money on the international markets, as worries grow about the state of its economy [...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13376 20120517 Japan’s economy expanded faster than estimated in the first quarter, boosted by reconstruction spending that’s poised to fade just as a worsening in Europe’s crisis threatens to curtail export demand.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13377 20120517 South Korea's economic fundamentals remain strong despite global financial market uncertainty triggered by worries Greece will exit the eurozone, a government policymaker said Thursday [...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13375 20120517 The European Central Bank said it will temporarily stop lending to some Greek banks to limit its risk as President Mario Draghi signaled the ECB won’t compromise on key principles to keep Greece in the euro area.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13374 20120517 Federal Reserve officials weren’t confident in recent indicators to upgrade their description of the economy as “several” say more easing could be needed if momentum slows, according to minutes released by the central bank Wednesday.[..]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13366 20120517 New French President Francois Hollande called for a European pact for growth to balance out German-driven austerity measures in his inaugural address yesterday, hours before taking his challenge to Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.[..]
http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13365 20120517 A seminar on the control of public debts was held here on Wednesday by the Vietnamese Ministry of Finance (MOF), the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).[..]
http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13364 20120517 The Bank of Japan fell short of its target for buying government bonds on Wednesday for the first time since introducing an asset-buying scheme in 2010, the latest sign it is pumping more cash than markets can swallow.[...]
http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13355 20120516 Fears of a Greek exit from the euro zone worsening the debt crisis facing other European nations gripped financial markets on Wednesday, sending shares and other riskier assets lower as investors shifted funds into safe havens like the U.S. dollar.[...]
http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13354 20120516 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) survey of global macro economy has found that India’s debt management policy is not the most efficient amongst the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) member countries pack. This view, however, has few takers in India [...]
http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13352 20120516 Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch, which may affect Poland's financial markets on Wednesday.[...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13343 20120516 Most of the money Greece used to pay in full a 436-million-euro foreign law bond on Tuesday went to a vulture fund, the New York Times has reported [...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13351 20120516 Financial markets and the euro have slumped again today after the International Monetary Fund revealed it was gearing up for Greece to leave the euro [...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13350 20120516 Hungarian Premier Viktor Orban’s negotiating hand going into bailout talks with the International Monetary Fund has been weakened after the economy slumped the most in three years, said economists from London to Budapest.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13342 20120516 Italy posted today a strong turnaround in its March trade balance, as the recession-hit eurozone member cut imports while it boosted exports [...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13349 20120516 Greek President Karolos Papoulias was told by the nation’s central bank chief that financial institutions are worried about their survival as Greeks pull out euros amid a deepening political crisis.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13341 20120516 Government leaders past and present gathered in Washington to do what they do best about the nation's deficit woes: talk [...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13348 20120516 Spanish and Italian bonds tumbled with counterparts in Europe’s high-deficit nations as Greek leaders prepared to set a new election date, fueling concern the country will abandon the euro.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13340 20120516 The Government is advancing talks with the EU-International Monetary Fund-European Central Bank troika to use all of the €3 billion it hopes to realise from the privatisation of State assets in a new stimulus plan to boost economic growth [...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13347 20120516 Treasury 30-year bonds advanced for a fourth day as deepening speculation Greece will leave the euro area boosted demand for the relative safety of U.S. debt.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13339 20120516 The European Union has agreed strict new rules for banks, intended to make them safer and eliminate the need for future bailouts [...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13346 20120516 Greece has agreed to pay off some of the investors who rejected its bond swap earlier this year [...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13345 20120516 Serbia’s central bank needs to see how committed the government is in trimming the budget deficit and public debt before deciding on new interest-rate policies.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13338 20120516 The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) said it has a strong pipeline of foreign companies looking to issue ringgit-denominated sukuk in Malaysia over the next nine to 12 months [...]



http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13344 20120516 The Bank of Japan (8301)’s asset-purchase program, expanded twice in three months, hit a roadblock today when the central bank couldn’t find enough government securities to buy[...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13337 20120516 South Korean companies’ borrowing costs are dropping to a five-year low compared with government yields as new regulations curb bond sales[...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13336 20120516 South Korea’s central bank governor urged developed nations to resist another round of quantitative easing even as a slide in global stocks underscored the concern that Greece may exit the euro, causing turmoil in markets[...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13335 20120516 France sold 8 billion euros ($10.2 billion) in bonds, with borrowing costs falling in the first auction after President Francois Hollande took power[...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13334 20120516 China boosted its net portfolio of U.S. Treasurys in March, remaining the largest foreign holder, the Treasury Department said Tuesday.[...]
http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13330 20120515 The Philippines has not progressed enough to warrant an investment grade credit rating, a debt watcher yesterday said, countering the government’s calls for an upgrade.[...]
http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13329 20120515 Fixed trading costs such as stamp duty and other taxes are notoriously high in Asia ex-Japan, and many are not optimistic about the prospect of them coming down.[...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13328 20120515 The Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced Monday that the State Council, the country's cabinet, has given approval to the cities of Shanghai and Shenzhen, as well as the provinces of Zhejiang and Guangdong, to continue bond issuance trials this year.[...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13327 20120515 Even as European markets tumbled amid fears Greece could leave the euro, at least one stock was on the rise: a currency printer.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13326 20120515 It’s way too early to call a turning point. But while Greeks were marching in the streets against austerity, their economy may actually have been growing for the first time since 2009.[...] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13325 20120515 The Government’s liabilities rose during the fourth quarter of 2011, reaching a record level, new data showed today.[...

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13324 20120515 Superlong Japanese government bond prices rose on Tuesday after a smooth 40-year sale, sending the 20- and 30-year yields to fresh 19-month lows, as deepening political uncertainty in Greece continued to underpin demand for fixed-income assets.[...]
http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13323 20120515 Italy's economy slid further into recession in the first three months of this year, the third consecutive quarterly decline in activity and the steepest economic contraction for three years, preliminary figures showed on Tuesday.[...]
http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13322 20120515 The Turkish lira recovered on Tuesday after falling to its lowest in more than a month on Monday as doubts about Greece's future as a euro member hit riskier assets, while cheap lira funding from the central bank helped bond yields inch lower.[...]
http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13321 20120515 German Bund yields lifted off record lows on Tuesday after the euro zone narrowly avoided recession in the first quarter of 2012 but the move was expected to be short-lived with political stalemate in Greece supporting safe-haven debt.[...]
http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13320 20120515 Euro zone finance ministers dismissed talk of Greece leaving the euro zone as "propaganda and nonsense" on Monday, but said the country had to respect the terms of the bailout programme agreed with the EU and the International Monetary Fund.[...]
http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13319 20120515 India’s bonds rose for a second day after the central bank said yesterday it will purchase sovereign notes at an open-market auction this week to help the government sell a record amount of debt.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13318 20120515 China’s slowdown may deepen as policy makers unwind the excesses of a record credit boom while only gradually increasing stimulus, leaving 2012 growth at the weakest in 13 years, Pacific Investment Management Co. says.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13317 20120515 Greece, which hasn’t had a government for more than a week and whose 10-year debt yields more than 27 percent, decides today whether to pay 436 million euros ($562 million) to bondholders who shunned last month’s debt swap.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13316 20120515 Germany’s bunds dropped, pushing yields up from a record low, after a report showing gross domestic product rose more than analysts forecast damped demand for the region’s safest assets.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13315 20120515 Treasuries fell, pushing 10-year yields up from the lowest level in seven months, after European reports showed the region avoided a recession and Germany expanded faster than economists predicted.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13314 20120515 Students are protesting on Barcelona's elegant boulevards, public-sector wages are being cut for the second time in three years and resentment is growing against the central government and beneficiaries of bank bailouts.[...]
http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13306 20120514 Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party was defeated in Germany’s most populous state in an election that helped the Social Democrats tighten their grip on the country’s regional governments.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13305 20120514 The euro currency is a malady that condemns at least a generation of Greeks, Italians, Spaniards, Portuguese and Irish to the economic infirmary.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13304 20120514 The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea agreed to start negotiations this year on a free-trade accord between three of Asia’s four biggest economies.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13296 20120514 Greece’s political deadlock went into a second week as President Karolos Papoulias failed to secure agreement on a unity government and avert new elections with the country heading toward a possible exit from the euro area.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13295 20120514 The inability of the U.S. government to reduce record debt and deficits is being rewarded in the bond market.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13294 20120514 The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation expects to invest $2,6bn in Africa this year[..]
http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13285 20120511 Apart from the artistic merits of Kurosawa’s classic film, Seven Samurai, there is an obvious practical message that it tried to impart. And that message relates to the value of cooperation.[..] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13284 20120511 The European Commission is studying proposals coming from eurozone countries which would allow an injection of liquidity in weak economies without breaching tighter fiscal targets.[..]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13277 20120511 I don’t know what the markets mean when they flock to dollars and yen (JPY), the two big dogs when it comes to debt creation. But it is what it is, so we carry on, and look for other things that make sense![..]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13276 20120511 Following the Japanese earthquake in March 2011, major industrial sectors were plunged into turmoil. So far 2012 has seen no repeat of the surge in oil prices in the first half of 2011 when they jumped more than 50% compared to the average 2010 price.[..]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13275 20120511 The government's debt hit a record 959.95 trillion yen at the end of fiscal 2011, the Finance Ministry said Thursday[..] http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13274 20120511 Japan’s central bank pledged to deploy its foreign-exchange assets as part of any international emergency response to turmoil in financial markets.[...]

http://www.publicdebtnet.org/public/News/newsDetail.jsp?id=13269 20120511