Bank of Japan (BoJ)
Bank of Japan - Monetary Policy Meetings
NEWS RELEASE - Monetary Policy announcement from the Bank of Japan, 8 February.
Govt not mulling asking BOJ for further easing now
JAPAN - The government isn't considering asking the Bank of Japan to take additional monetary easing measures, top government spokesman Yasuo Fukuda said Wednesday.
Hayami says weak yen no solution to Japan's woes
JAPAN - Bank of Japan Governor Masaru Hayami said on Tuesday it was neither possible nor desirable for Japan to try manipulating foreign exchange rates, maintaining that a weaker yen was no solution to its economic woes.
IMF official calls for Japan deflation deadline
US - A top International Monetary Fund (IMF) and former Japan Finance Ministry official said on Friday the Bank of Japan should set a deadline to end deflation and stop a cycle of falling prices in the world's second largest economy.
BOJ's Hayami - FX moves need further monitoring
JAPAN - Bank of Japan Governor Masaru Hayami said Friday the 0.8% decline in Japanese consumer prices last year was "normal," apparently attempting to downplay concerns about deflation weighing on the economy.
Bank of Japan Monthly Report January 2002
REPORT - Bank of Japan Monthly Report of Recent Economic and Financial Developments, January 2002.
Research Papers from the Bank of Japan
RESEARCH - Monetary and Economic Studies (2002) by the Bank of Japan Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, 18 January 2002.
Bank of Japan report spurs fear of new crisis
JAPAN - The Bank of Japan considers the state of the Japanese economy to be grim. In its monthly report on recent economic and financial developments, the central bank concluded that the economy was "deteriorating broadly".
Bank of Japan Statement - Monetary Policy Meeting
NEWS RELEASE - Statement from the Bank of Japan regarding the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 16 January 2002.
Bank of Japan Monthly Report December 2001
REPORT - Bank of Japan Monthly Report of Recent Economic and Financial Developments, December 2001.
Bank of Japan aims for boost
JAPAN - The Bank of Japan has relaxed its monetary policy, providing more cash to the banking sector in a bid to boost the flagging economy.
Gov't hopes for flexibility in BOJ policy
JAPAN - The government hopes the Bank of Japan will be flexible when deciding monetary policy, minister for economic and fiscal policy Heizo Takenaka said Friday.
Inappropriate for BOJ to buy foreign bonds
JAPAN - It is inappropriate for the Bank of Japan to buy foreign bonds as a way to ease monetary conditions as it would be viewed as foreign exchange intervention, said a former BOJ executive director Thursday.
Japan tankan survey points to prolonged recession
JAPAN - Japanese business confidence sagged for a fourth straight quarter to a near three-year low in December, a key Bank of Japan survey showed on Wednesday, as big firms braced for a long recession and slashed spending plans.
Bank of Japan Tankan Report
REPORT - Bank of Japan Tankan Report, published 12 December 2001.
Out-of-step BoJ board member helps constrain yen
JAPAN - A Bank of Japan policy board member suggested yesterday that the central bank should acquire at least Y200bn ( £1.1bn) of foreign bonds every month in an attempt to fulfil its legal duty to stabilise prices.
Speech by Yutaka Yamaguchi of the Bank of Japan
SPEECH - Speech given by Yutaka Yamaguchi, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan at the Economic Seminar of the Japan Research Institute, on 26 November.
Notice from the Bank of Japan
NOTICE - The Bank of Japan has redesigned its web site, 3 December.
BOJ to cut annual salary for executives by 0.4%
JAPAN - The Bank of Japan (BOJ) said Friday it will cut the annual salary of its executives for this fiscal year by 0.4% from the previous year.
Risk-averse BoJ shuns unorthodox economic measures
ARTICLE - Bank's board meeting today is not expected to yield significant action, reports the London FT 29 November.
BoJ deflects US pressure on bonds
JAPAN - The Bank of Japan yesterday deflected pressure from the US administration to buy foreign bonds to weaken the yen by saying that any such move should be made by the ministry of finance intervening directly in the markets.
BOJ downgrades assessment for 6th month running
JAPAN - The Bank of Japan (BOJ) on Monday downgraded its assessment of Japan's economy for the sixth straight month, saying personal consumption is gradually weakening due to the negative effects of sluggish industrial production on employment and income.
Japan gov't to work with BOJ to tackle deflation
JAPAN - The Japanese government's key policy-setting panel has decided that the government will coordinate policies with the Bank of Japan in an effort to come up with solutions to tackling persistent deflation, according to a memo from the panel's…
Bank of Japan under pressure
JAPAN - The Bank of Japan was again under pressure from politicians as its two-day policy meeting began today. Worsening economic figures, despite cuts in the lending rate and injections of liquidity by the bank, have led to calls for inflation targeting.