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HES: QUERY--Japanese bond traders refusing to buy US bonds?

Robert Leeson (R.Leeson at murdoch.edu.au)

Tue Oct 17 18:35:00 EDT 2006

Does anyone have a recollection of Japanese bond traders refusing (for 1-3 days) to buy US
bonds (a strike) in the mid 1980s in response to a sharp speech by Reagan on voluntary
export restraints?
   
Robert Leeson