
Originally Posted by
az city
Old chum, the BoE doesn't "buy back" maturing bonds, it pays back the principal and the final coupon upon maturity. And actually in may cases the BoE just issues more to replace those that are maturing. It effectively rolls over its debt obligations.
Anyway, today's bond market intervention had absolutely nothing to do with maturing bonds.
Tell us where you get your government bond market "expertise" from.