By Chris Wright
Development Bank of Japan
Most observers expect a more orthodox policy of targeted interest rate increases to be implemented soon by the Bank of Japan. How will this affect your borrowing strategy?
As we are not an entity that raises profits by betting on the move of the yield curve, our chief strategy for managing interest rate risk is to match the timing of setting the interest rate for lending to that for borrowing. Therefore, the change of the BOJ’s monetary policy will not significantly affect our policy of constant, stable fund-raising.
What are your funding requirements for the financial year 2006? Does the yen offer the most attractive cost of financing for you at the moment?
We have a budget of ¥190 billion for government guaranteed euro bonds in the fiscal year 2006. Because the yen swap spread has got wider since the beginning of this...
