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Monetary Policy Meetings

A list of scheduled dates of the meetings; policy statements; minutes of the meetings; and the Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices (the Outlook Report).

At the January and July Monetary Policy Meetings, the Bank makes interim assessments of the outlook laid out in the latest Outlook Report, and each assessment is included in the statement on monetary policy released after the relevant Monetary Policy Meeting.

2012

Date of MPM Publication of
MPM Minutes
Publication of
Outlook Report
(The Bank's View)
(Reference)
Publication of
Monthly Report
Jan. 23 (Mon.), 24 (Tues.) Feb. 17 (Fri.) Interim assessment Jan. 25 (Wed.)
Feb. 13 (Mon.), 14 (Tues.) Mar. 16 (Fri.)
Feb. 15 (Wed.)
Mar. 12 (Mon.), 13 (Tues.) Apr. 13 (Fri.)
Mar. 14 (Wed.)
Apr. 9 (Mon.), 10 (Tues.) May 7 (Mon.)
Apr. 11 (Wed.)
Apr. 27 (Fri.) May 28 (Mon.) Apr. 27 (Fri.)
May 22 (Tues.), 23 (Wed.) June 20 (Wed.)
May 24 (Thurs.)
June 14 (Thurs.), 15 (Fri.) July 18 (Wed.)
June 18 (Mon.)
July 11 (Wed.), 12 (Thurs.) Aug. 14 (Tues.) Interim assessment July 13 (Fri.)
Aug. 8 (Wed.), 9 (Thurs.) Sep. 24 (Mon.)
Aug. 10 (Fri.)
Sep. 18 (Tues.), 19 (Wed.) Oct. 11 (Thurs.)
Sep. 20 (Thurs.)
Oct. 4 (Thurs.), 5 (Fri.) Nov. 2 (Fri.)
Oct. 9 (Tues.)
Oct. 30 (Tues.) Nov. 26 (Mon.) Oct. 30 (Tues.)
Nov. 19 (Mon.), 20 (Tues.) Dec. 26 (Wed.)
Nov. 21 (Wed.)
Dec. 19 (Wed.), 20 (Thurs.) To be announced
Dec. 21 (Fri.)

2011

Date of MPM Publication of
MPM Minutes
Publication of
Outlook Report
(The Bank's View)
(Reference)
Publication of
Monthly Report
Jan. 24 (Mon.), 25 (Tues.) Feb. 18 (Fri.) Interim assessment Jan. 26 (Wed.)
Feb. 14 (Mon.), 15 (Tues.) Mar. 17 (Thurs.)
Feb. 16 (Wed.)
Mar. 14 (Mon.) Apr. 12 (Tues.)
Mar. 15 (Tues.)
Apr. 6 (Wed.), 7 (Thurs.) May 9 (Mon.)
Apr. 8 (Fri.)
Apr. 28 (Thurs.) May 25 (Wed.) Apr. 28 (Thurs.)
May 19 (Thurs.), 20 (Fri.) June 17 (Fri.)
May 23 (Mon.)
June 13 (Mon.), 14 (Tues.) July 15 (Fri.)
June 15 (Wed.)
July 11 (Mon.), 12 (Tues.) Aug. 9 (Tues.) Interim assessment July 13 (Wed.)
Aug. 4 (Thurs.) Sep. 12 (Mon.)
Aug. 5 (Fri.)
Sep. 6 (Tues.), 7 (Wed.) Oct. 13 (Thurs.)
Sep. 8 (Fri.)
Oct. 6 (Thurs.), 7 (Fri.) Nov. 1 (Tues.)
Oct. 11 (Tues.)
Oct. 27 (Thurs.) Nov. 21 (Mon.) Oct. 27 (Thurs.)
Nov. 15 (Tues.), 16 (Wed.) Dec. 27 (Tues.)
Nov. 17 (Thurs.)
Nov. 30 (Wed.) Dec. 27 (Tues.)

Dec. 20 (Tues.), 21 (Wed.) Jan. 27 (Fri.)
Dec. 22 (Thurs.)

Past Monetary Policy Meetings

Note: The time of release will be, in principle, as follows.

  • MPM Minutes
    It will be released at 8:50 a.m.
  • Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices (Outlook Report)
    "The Bank's View" in the Outlook Report will be released at 3:00 p.m., and the full text at 2:00 p.m. on the next business day. As an exception to this principle, the full text of the April 2012 Outlook Report will be released at 2:00 p.m. on April 28 (Sat.), 2012.
  • Monthly Report of Recent Economic and Financial Developments (Monthly Report)
    The Japanese original and the English translation for summary will be released at 2:00 p.m. (the English translation for the full text will be published at 4:30 p.m. on the next business day).
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