December 4, 2019  Bank of Japan  Payments Innovations and the Role of Central Banks: Addressing Challenges Posed by Stablecoins Speech at the Symposium for the 35th Anniversary of the Center for Financial Industry Information Systems  Haruhiko Kuroda Governor of the Bank of Japan  (English translation based on the Japanese original)  I.
We nonetheless see increasing focus on yields and concern about the low bond yield. Many investors still remember the far higher bond yield ten years ago, and the low interest rate has undoubtedly stimulated interest in shares and real assets. Today a 10-year government bond yields 3.5 per cent interest.