Global Market: Japan bond yields edge higher ahead of key central bank meetings

What happened: Japanese government bond yields edged higher as investors assessed the monetary-policy outlook ahead of meetings by the Bank of Japan and the US Federal Reserve. Why it matters: Markets expected both central banks to keep rates unchanged while monitoring signals about possible December rate increases, inflation and economic growth.

Japanese government bond yields edged higher as investors assessed the monetary-policy outlook ahead of meetings by the Bank of Japan and the US Federal Reserve.

Markets expected both central banks to keep rates unchanged while monitoring signals about possible December rate increases, inflation and economic growth.