Bank of Japan Head Office

The Bank of Japan is
the central bank of Japan.

What's New

Apr. 17, 2014	Regional Economic Report (Summary) (Apr. 2014)
Apr. 16, 2014	BOJ Current Account Balances by Sector (Mar.)
Apr. 16, 2014	Average Interest Rates by Type of Deposit [PDF 51KB]
Apr. 15, 2014	Speech by Board Member Miyao in Okayama on Apr. 10, 2014 (Economic Activity and Prices in Japan and Monetary Policy)
Apr. 14, 2014	Operational Changes to the Securities Lending Facility [PDF 58KB]
Apr. 14, 2014	Bank of Japan Accounts (April 10)
Apr. 11, 2014	(Research Paper) Confidence Erosion and Herding Behavior in Bond Markets: An Essay on Central Bank Communication Strategy
Apr. 11, 2014	Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting on March 10 and 11, 2014 [PDF 86KB]
Apr. 11, 2014	Corporate Goods Price Index (Mar.) [PDF 184KB]
Apr. 11, 2014	Money Stock (Mar.) [PDF 78KB]

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Releases Related to the Great East Japan Earthquake "Price Stability Target" of 2 percent and "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing"

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The Bank's Market Operations

Guideline for Money Market Operations The Bank of Japan will conduct money market operations so that the monetary base will increase at an annual pace of about 60-70 trillion yen. (April 8, 2014)
Monetary Base 221,750 billion yen (April 17, 2014)
Current Account Balances at the Bank of Japan 131,570 billion yen (April 17, 2014)
Basic Loan Rate 0.3% (since December 19, 2008)
Interest Rate Applied to the Complementary Deposit Facility 0.1% (since November 16, 2008)
Uncollateralized Overnight Call Rate (average) P0.065% (April 18, 2014)
Bank of Japan Operations
Next Monetary Policy Meeting Date April 30, 2014
Note: P indicates preliminary figures.