Asia Bond Monitor - June 2022

This edition includes discussion of pandemic-related asset purchase programs, along with US monetary policy and financial market reactions in developing Asia. This edition of the Asia Bond Monitor outlines recent developments in financial conditions and local currency bond markets in emerging East Asia. It discusses the impact of asset purchase programs carried out to facilitate market liquidity and stabilize bond prices. In addition, it examines the impacts of both conventional and unconventional Federal Reserve monetary policy tools on exchange rates, equity market performances, bond yields, and portfolio flows in developing Asia.