BoJ Stands Pat On Monetary Policy
2018年12月20日 - 10:14AM
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The Bank of Japan left its ultra-loose monetary policy unchanged
on Thursday, asserting its pledge to keep interest rate extremely
low for an extended period of time amid indications of global
economic slowdown.
The policy board of the BoJ voted 7-2 to purchase government
bonds so that the yield of 10-year JGBs will remain at around zero
percent.
The board maintained interest rate at -0.1 percent on current
accounts that financial institutions maintain at the bank.
The BoJ will conduct purchases of Japanese government bonds in a
flexible manner so that the outstanding amount will increase at an
annual pace of about JPY 80 trillion.
The bank pledged to maintain the current extremely low interest
rates for an extended period of time, in the light of uncertain
economic outlook and prices, including the impact of the
consumption tax hike scheduled for October next year.
The BoJ said it will continue with "Quantitative and Qualitative
Monetary Easing with Yield Curve Control" policy unchanged to
attain the inflation goal of 2 percent and maintain that target in
a stable manner.
The bank reiterated that it will continue expanding the monetary
base until the year-on-year rate of increase in the observed CPI
exceeded 2 percent and stayed above the target in a stable
manner.
The bank retained its assessment on the Japanese economy, noting
that it was "expanding moderately".
Regarding economic outlook, the bank observed that the Japanese
economy is expected to continue its moderate expansion, underpinned
by solid domestic demand and export growth.
The Bank of Japan is likely to leave policy rates unchanged
until the end of 2020 to ensure that the economy can cope with a
major tax increase scheduled for October next year, Marcel
Thieliant, an economist at Capital Economics, said.
The analyst believed that the labor market will tighten a little
further over the coming year, but inflation is seen staying well
below the bank's 2 percent inflation target for the foreseeable
future.
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