TOKYO, July 31 -- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan issued the following news release:
At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by
a unanimous 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 0.5
percent.
Reference
Meeting hours:
Wednesday, July 30: 14:00-15:51
Thursday, July 31: 9:00-11:50
Policy Board members present:
UEDA Kazuo, Chairman (Governor)
HIMINO Ryozo (Deputy Governor)
UCHIDA Shinichi (Deputy Governor)
NOGUCHI Asahi
NAKAGAWA Junko
TAKATA Hajime
TAMURA Naoki
KOEDA Junko
MASU Kazuyuki
[Others present]
July 30
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