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Written by Bank of Japan |
Mar 17 10 06:06 GMT |
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At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by a unanimous vote,1 to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank of Japan will encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0.1 percent. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Jun 16 09 11:32 GMT |
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At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by a unanimous vote, to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank of Japan will encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0.1 percent. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
May 22 09 06:53 GMT |
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The Bank, among other actions, had expanded the range of eligible collateral since last autumn to ensure stability in financial markets by further facilitating money market operations. In this process, the Bank, in coordination with other central banks, examined the feasibility of accepting the so-called cross-border collateral and decided today to accept bonds issued by the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France as eligible collateral (see "Collateral Guidelines on Eligible Foreign Bonds"). |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Mar 18 09 09:16 GMT |
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Fund raising in financial markets for funds over the fiscal year-end has mostly been completed, but it is likely that the markets will remain under stress in the new fiscal year given the severe financial and economic conditions described below. In light of this situation, the Bank judged that continued provision of substantial liquidity is required to ensure stability in financial markets. To put this into action, the Bank decided to further utilize its long-term funds-supplying operations by increasing its outright purchases of Japanese government bonds (JGBs), thereby facilitating smooth money market operations. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Jan 22 09 09:49 GMT |
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At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by a unanimous vote, to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank of Japan will encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0.1 percent. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Nov 21 08 05:41 GMT |
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Economic activity has been increasingly sluggish due to the effects of earlier increases in energy and materials prices and the decrease in exports, and this situation will likely persist over the next several quarters. The CPI inflation rate (excluding fresh food), currently around 2.5 percent, is expected to moderate reflecting the declines in the prices of petroleum products and stabilization in the prices of food. In the longer run, the economy is most likely to return onto a sustainable growth path with price stability. However, the outlook remains highly uncertain and given the slowdown in overseas economies and the turmoil in global financial markets, it will likely take some time for the necessary conditions for Japan's economic recovery to be satisfied. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Oct 14 08 15:43 GMT |
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The Bank, in view of recent developments in global financial markets, decided to introduce the following measures regarding money market operations with a view to safeguarding stability in Japanese financial markets, and necessary procedures for the introduction were approved at the unscheduled Monetary Policy Meeting held today. The Bank, with these measures, will continue to undertake appropriate money market operations. In addition, based on the Governor's instruction on October 8, the Bank will swiftly examine further steps to enhance the effectiveness of money market operations, including those pertaining to the Bank's reserve system. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Oct 07 08 05:02 GMT |
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Economic growth has been sluggish due to the effects of earlier increases in energy and materials prices and weaker growth in exports, and it will likely remain sluggish for the time being as a slowdown in overseas economies becomes more evident. Although there are substantial uncertainties, the economy, in the longer run, is expected to return gradually onto a moderate growth path as the effects of earlier increases in energy and materials prices abate and overseas economies move out of their deceleration phase. The CPI inflation rate (excluding fresh food) is currently around 2.5 percent, its highest since the first half of the 1990s, due to increased prices of energy and food. It is expected to remain at around this level over the coming months but to moderate gradually thereafter. Thus, in the longer run, the economy is likely to return onto a sustainable growth path with price stability. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Sep 17 08 06:17 GMT |
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At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Bank of Japan decided, by a unanimous vote, [Note] to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank of Japan will encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0.5 percent. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Aug 19 08 06:45 GMT |
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At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Bank of Japan decided, by a unanimous vote, to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank of Japan will encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0.5 percent. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Jul 15 08 05:58 GMT |
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At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Bank of Japan decided, by a unanimous vote,[Note] to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank of Japan will encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0.5 percent. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Jul 15 08 05:48 GMT |
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At the Monetary Policy Meeting (MPM) held today, the Bank of Japan decided to adopt following enhancements to its communication strategy under the "Framework for the Conduct of Monetary Policy" (hereafter "Framework") introduced in March 2006. Given that economic situation is ever-changing, future outlook always entails uncertainties, and monetary policy works with a lag, these enhancements are introduced to better provide timely and thorough explanation regarding the current situation and future course of the economy and prices as well as risk factors in line with the "Framework". |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Jun 18 08 09:57 GMT |
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Members agreed on the following assessment of the current state of Japan's economy: economic growth was slowing, mainly due to the effects of high energy and materials prices; the economy was likely to grow at a slower pace for the time being and follow a moderate growth path thereafter; however, due attention should continue to be paid to factors such as uncertainty regarding future developments in overseas economies and global financial markets, and to the effects of high energy and materials prices. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Jun 13 08 06:35 GMT |
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Japan's economic growth is slowing, mainly due to the effects of high energy and materials prices. Exports have continued to increase, although the pace of increase has somewhat slowed lately. Corporate profits have been decreasing recently, mainly due to the deterioration in the terms of trade. In this situation, the pace of increase in business fixed investment has become slower. Private consumption has been firm in a situation where household income has continued rising moderately. On the other hand, public investment has been sluggish. Meanwhile, housing investment has been recovering moderately. With these developments in demand both at home and abroad, production has been more or less flat. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
May 20 08 06:18 GMT |
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Japan's economic growth is slowing, mainly due to the effects of high energy and materials prices. Exports have continued to increase. Corporate profits have been leveling off, albeit at a high level, and the pace of increase in business fixed investment has become slower. Private consumption has been firm in a situation where household income has continued rising moderately. On the other hand, public investment has been sluggish. Meanwhile, housing investment has been recovering moderately. With these developments in demand both at home and abroad, production has been more or less flat. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Apr 30 08 06:29 GMT |
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Japan's economic growth is slowing, mainly due to the effects of high energy and materials prices. Compared with the projection in the October 2007 Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices (Outlook Report), housing investment and business fixed investment have been weaker than expected while exports have been stronger. As a result, the rate of real GDP growth in fiscal 2007 seems likely to be around the potential growth rate,2 as projected in the October Outlook Report. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Apr 14 08 17:57 GMT |
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The Bank conducted money market operations in accordance with the guideline decided at the previous meeting on February 14 and 15, 2008.5 As a result, the uncollateralized overnight call rate had been at around 0.5 percent. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Apr 09 08 06:54 GMT |
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Japan's economic growth is slowing, mainly due to the effects of high energy and materials prices. Exports have continued to increase. Corporate profits have been leveling off, albeit at a high level, and business sentiment has recently become cautious. Under these circumstances, the pace of increase in business fixed investment has become slower. Private consumption has been firm in a situation where household income has continued rising moderately. Meanwhile, public investment has been sluggish. Housing investment has remained at a low level, although there have been signs of recovery. With these developments in demand both at home and abroad, production has been more or less flat lately, partly in reaction to the relatively large increase in the second half of last year. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Mar 12 08 06:09 GMT |
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The Bank conducted money market operations in accordance with the guideline decided at the previous meeting on January 21 and 22, 2008. 3 As a result, the uncollateralized overnight call rate had been at around 0.5 percent. In the money market, while Euroyen rates and interest rates on term instruments, such as yields on financing bills (FBs) and treasury bills (TBs), had been more or less flat, interest rates on Euroyen futures increased slightly reflecting demand for funds maturing beyond the fiscal year-end. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Mar 07 08 05:31 GMT |
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Japan's economy is expanding moderately as a trend, although the pace of growth has been slowing mainly due to the drop in housing investment and the effects of high energy and materials prices. Exports have continued to increase. Business fixed investment has also continued to trend upward, as corporate profits have remained high although they are leveling off. Private consumption has been firm in a situation where household income has continued rising moderately. Meanwhile, public investment has been sluggish. Housing investment has remained at a low level, although there have been signs of recovery. With these developments in demand both at home and abroad, production has been more or less flat lately, partly in reaction to the relatively large increase in the second half of last year. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Mar 07 08 05:29 GMT |
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At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Bank of Japan decided, by a unanimous vote,[Note] to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank of Japan will encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0.5 percent. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Feb 22 08 06:23 GMT |
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Global financial markets have been unstable due mainly to the downgrading of securitized products and heightened concern about possible further losses at financial institutions stemming from the U.S. subprime mortgage problems. Toward the end of 2007, money markets in the United States and Europe came under pressure from financial institutions' eagerness to secure year-end funds, and this caused interest rates on term instruments to surge. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Feb 20 08 02:58 GMT |
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A slowdown in the U.S. economy was becoming more evident. Housing investment continued to decrease substantially. Business fixed investment remained on a gradual uptrend as a whole due to the steady growth in construction investment, although a deceleration of growth in machinery investment had recently become more evident. Private consumption continued to be on an increasing trend, albeit with a somewhat clearer slowing of the pace of increase. In this situation, growth in the number of employees had been decelerating at a slightly faster pace recently. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Feb 15 08 05:04 GMT |
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Japan's economy is expanding moderately as a trend, although the pace of growth seems to be slowing mainly due to the drop in housing investment. Exports and production have continued to increase. Business fixed investment has also continued to trend upward against the background of generally high corporate profits. Private consumption has been firm in a situation where household income has continued rising moderately. Meanwhile, public investment has been sluggish and housing investment has dropped substantially. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Jan 25 08 05:49 GMT |
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Japan's economy is expanding moderately as a trend, although the pace of growth seems to be slowing mainly due to the drop in housing investment. Housing investment has dropped substantially, affected by the revised Building Standard Law coming into force. With higher materials prices, business sentiment has become somewhat cautious. Exports, however, have continued to increase in a situation where overseas economies continue to expand with momentum being gained across a wide range of economies. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Jan 25 08 05:44 GMT |
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The Bank conducted money market operations in accordance with the guideline decided at the previous meeting on November 12 and 13, 2007.3 As a result, the uncollateralized overnight call rate had been at around 0.5 percent. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Jan 22 08 05:04 GMT |
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Japan's economy is expanding moderately as a trend, although the pace of growth seems to be slowing mainly due to the drop in housing investment. Exports and production have continued to increase. Business fixed investment has also continued to trend upward against the background of generally high corporate profits. Private consumption has been firm in a situation where household income has continued rising moderately. Meanwhile, public investment has been sluggish and housing investment has dropped substantially. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Jan 22 08 02:50 GMT |
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At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Bank of Japan decided, by a unanimous vote,[Note] to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank of Japan will encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0.5 percent. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Jan 10 08 05:08 GMT |
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The December Tankan (Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan) indicated that businesses have become somewhat more cautious. Factors behind this seem to include the following. First, small firms, in particular, are still unable to pass on higher costs to sales prices even though the steep rise continues in prices of materials such as crude oil and grains. Second, housing construction has decreased significantly, reflecting the coming into force of the revised Building Standard Law in June last year. And third, uncertainty regarding the future course of the world economy has increased due to subprime mortgage problems. However, overall, firms are maintaining their growth forecasts for income and profits for fiscal 2007 and their capital investment plans remain solid. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Dec 26 07 08:50 GMT |
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The Bank conducted money market operations in accordance with the guideline decided at the previous meeting on October 10 and 11, 2007. 3 As a result, the uncollateralized overnight call rate had been at around 0.5 percent. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Dec 26 07 08:47 GMT |
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The Bank conducted money market operations in accordance with the guideline decided at the previous meeting on October 31, 2007.5 As a result, the uncollateralized overnight call rate had been at around 0.5 percent. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Dec 20 07 08:51 GMT |
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At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Bank of Japan decided, by a unanimous vote,[Note] to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank of Japan will encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0.5 percent. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Dec 01 07 08:53 GMT |
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At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Bank of Japan decided, by an 8-1 majority vote,[Note] to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank of Japan will encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0.5 percent. |
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Written by Bank of Japan |
Oct 31 07 08:54 GMT |
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At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Bank of Japan decided, by an 8-1 majority vote,[Note] to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank of Japan will encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0.5 percent. |
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