Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Friday, it is “possible to further lower short-term interest rate from minus 0.1%, but cannot comment on to what extent.” Kuroda added, “hard to lower medium-, long-term interest rates by deepening negative rates alone.”
Japan's Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said prices are weighing on households and that they need to respond to inflation with additional measures.
“Participants at BIS meetings appeared relieved to see US authorities act swiftly to contain the damage from the collapse of SVB,” he added.
At its March monetary policy meeting, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) board members decided to leave their monetary policy settings unchanged, maintaining rates at -10bps and 10yr JGB yield target unchanged at 0.00%.
At its first monetary policy meeting of this year, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) board members decided to make no changes to their monetary policy settings in December, maintaining rates at -10bps and 10yr JGB yield target unchanged at 0.00%.
At the final monetary policy meeting of this year, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) board members decided to maintain their monetary policy settings in December, leaving rates unchanged at -10bps and 10yr JGB yield target steady at 0.00%.
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is the central bank of Japan. It is a juridical person established based on the Bank of Japan Act (hereafter the Act), and is not a government agency or a private corporation.
POLICY BOARD. The Policy Board is established as the Bank's highest decision-making body. The Board determines the guideline for currency and monetary control, sets the basic principles for carrying out the Bank's operations, and oversees the fulfillment of the duties of the Bank's officers, excluding Auditors and Counsellors.
HISTORY. The Bank of Japan was established under the Bank of Japan Act (promulgated in June 1882) and began operating on October 10, 1882, as the nation's central bank. The Bank was reorganized on May 1, 1942 in conformity with the Bank of Japan Act (hereafter the Act of 1942), promulgated in February 1942. The Act of 1942 strongly reflected the wartime situation: for example, Article 1 stated the objectives of the Bank as "the regulation of the currency, control and facilitation of credit and finance, and the maintenance and fostering of the credit system, pursuant to national policy, in order that the general economic activities of the nation might adequately be enhanced." The Act of 1942 was amended several times after World War II. Such amendments included the establishment of the Policy Board as the Bank's highest decision-making body in June 1949. The Act of 1942 was revised completely in June 1997 under the two principles of "independence" and "transparency." The revised act (the Act) came into effect on April 1, 1998.
Haruhiko Kuroda was born in Omuta, in 1944. He is the 31st and current Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ). He was formerly the President of the Asian Development Bank from 1 February 2005 to 18 March 2013.
Kuroda has been an advocate of looser monetary policy in Japan.[3] His February 2013 nomination by the incoming government of the Prime Minister Shinzō Abe had been expected. Also nominated at the same time were Kikuo Iwata – "a harsh critic of past BOJ policies" – and Hiroshi Nakaso, a senior BOJ official in charge of international affairs, as Kuroda's two deputies. The former governor, Masaaki Shirakawa, left in March 2013
The World Interest Rates Table reflects the current interest rates of the main countries around the world, set by their respective Central Banks. Rates typically reflect the health of individual economies, as in a perfect scenario, Central Banks tend to rise rates when the economy is growing and therefore instigate inflation.
