China Stats Bureau: Ample Scope Still Exists To Expand Investment Across The Economy

In May, under the strong leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, all regions and departments fully ...

At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by a 7-1 majority vote, to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank will encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 1.0 percent. In accordance with the change in the guideline for money market operations, the Bank decided, by a 7-1 majority vote, to change the interest rates applied to its measures. (1) Interest rate applied to the complementary deposit facility The interest rate applied to the complementary deposit facility (the interest rate applied to current account balances held by financial institutions at the Bank, excluding required reserve balances) will be 1.0 percent.3 (2) Basic loan rate4 The basic loan rale applicable under the complementary lending facility will be 1.25 percent. BOJ: BOARD MEMBER ASADA OPPOSED RATE DECISION ... BOJ board members Takata and Tamura oppose outlook description on prices Plan for the Outright Purchases of Japanese Government Bonds At the Monetary Policy Meeting (MPM) held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan reviewed the developments in and functioning of the Japanese government bond (JGB) markets and discussed its approach to future JGB purchases. In principle, long-term interest rates are to be formed in financial markets, and it is appropriate for the Bank to conduct the purchases of JGBs in a predictable manner, while allowing enough flexibility to support stability in the JGB markets. Based on this thinking, with a view to improvement of market functioning and stability of the JGB markets, the Bank decided, by a 7-1 majority vote, to conduct the outright purchases of JGBs as BOJ: WILL KEEP RAISING POLICY RATE AMID ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, PRICES, FINANCIAL CONDITIONS DEVELOPMENTS ...