Deflation fears to force Japan to trim inflation-linked bond issuance

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to cut the amount of inflation-linked bonds it sells to the market next month to the lowest level in seven years, sources said, as plunging oil costs and the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic stoke fears of deflation.The move would underscore the widening impact of the health crisis on the world's third-largest economy, which is on the cusp of a deep recession as the virus forces consumers to stay home and businesses to shut down.The Ministry of Finance..