The following events and economic reports may influence trading in Asia’s bonds and currencies today. Bond yields and exchange rates are from the previous trading session unless stated otherwise. Japan: Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano will hold media briefings at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. in Tokyo. The Ministry of Finance will sell 2.6 trillion yen ($32 billion) of two-year government notes. The ministry will announce a coupon for the new securities at 10:30 a.m. The yield on the 1.1 percent government bond due March 2021 was 1.120 percent, according to Japan Bond Trading Co., the nation’s largest interdealer debt broker. The yen traded at 80.84 per dollar at 7:30 a.m. in Tokyo. Philippines: Gross domestic product increased 5.1 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, compared with 7.1 percent in the previous three months, according to the median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg before data due today. The yield on the 6.25 percent bond due January 2014 was 4.95 percent, according to Tradition Financial Services. The peso was at 43.37 per dollar. Singapore: The government plans to sell S$3.9 billion ($3.1 billion) of 91-day Treasury bills. The yield on the 1.125 percent bond due April 2016 was 1.10 percent. The Singapore dollar was at S$1.2387. South Korea: The central bank will sell 1.2 trillion won ($1.1 billion) of 91-day bills. The yield on South Korea’s 3 percent bond due December 2013 was 3.60 percent. The won was at 1,082.25 per dollar. Malaysia: Bank Negara will see a combined 2 billion ringgit ($660 million) of 210- and 364-day notes and 4 billion ringgit of 5.5-year Islamic bonds. The yield on the benchmark 4.16 percent bond due July 2021 was at 4.04 percent. The ringgit was at 3.0330. To contact the reporter on this story: Anil Varma in Mumbai at avarma3@bloomberg.net. To contact the editor responsible for this story: Sandy Hendry at shendry@bloomberg.net

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