BOJ to Mull Pace of Bond-Buying Cutbacks After Market Meetings

The Bank of Japan will sound out market participants this week to gauge their views on how aggressively it should proceed with quantitative tightening as yields surge nearly a year after it began scaling back its huge bond purchases.

The BOJ will hold two gatherings on Tuesday with representatives from banks and securities firms to hear their views on the current and future pace of the central bank’s pullback from the bond market. A third meeting with buy-side groups will be convened Wednesday. The collated opinions will inform the bank when it reviews its debt purchases at the next policy ...