Japan’s top currency diplomat: Market stability is extremely important, watching market moves carefully
|“Market stability is extremely important and therefore, we are watching market moves carefully,” Kenji Okamura, Japan’s Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs, said following the conclusion of a joint meeting between the Finance Ministry, Bank of Japan (BOJ) and Financial Services Agency (FSA).
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“Govt, BOJ will work as one as needed.”
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“Biggest example of overseas developments that led to today's meeting was US 'triple blue' runoff results, subsequent market impact.”
This comes after PM Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and its three adjacent areas – Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba, starting January 8 for a month.
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