In December, PK repaid $ 55 million in maturing high - yield bonds, which carried a 7.5 % coupon, leaving the company with
a forward debt maturity schedule that is well - balanced and very manageable with no major maturities until 2021.
Its options include (a) cut marginal rates from -0.1 % to a more negative overnight rate target (b) increase purchases in one or several asset classes from current levels (JPY80trn annual in JGB's; JPY3trn in ETF's; JPY90bn in J - REITS)(c) further lengthen the average
maturity of holdings (on average somewhere between 5 and 7 years by our estimates)(d) apply
forward guidance with respect to its balance sheet or (e) an extreme derivative of (d)-RRB- espouse a «helicopter drop» strategy, wherein the BOJ offers unlimited monetisation of government
debt.