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  • Jan. 21, 2021Monetary Policy Releases
  •  Feb.  3, 2021Speech by Deputy Governor WAKATABE in Kanagawa (Japan's Economy and Monetary Policy (via webcast))
  • Feb. 15, 2021Speech by Board Member NAKAMURA in Kochi on Feb. 10, 2021 (Economic Activity, Prices, and Monetary Policy in Japan (via webcast))
  • Dec. 25, 2020Special Deposit Facility to Enhance the Resilience of the Regional Financial System
  • Jan. 14, 2021Regional Economic Report (Summary) (Jan. 2021)

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Guideline

The short-term policy interest rate: minus 0.1 percent, The long-term interest rate (10-year JGB yields): around 0 percent

  • Monetary Base billion yen ()
  • Current Account Balances at the Bank of Japan billion yen ()
  • Basic Loan Rate 0.3% (since December 19, 2008)
  • Interest Rate Applied to the Complementary Deposit Facility minus 0.1% (applied to the Policy-Rate Balance, since February 16, 2016)
  • Uncollateralized Overnight Call Rate(average) % ()
  • Next Monetary Policy Meeting Date March 18 and 19, 2021

Note: P indicates preliminary figures

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  • Feb. 26, 2021StatisticsSources of Changes in Current Account Balances and Market Operations (Preliminary for Feb.) [XLSX 24KB]
  • Feb. 26, 2021Monetary PolicyMonthly Schedule of Outright Purchases of Japanese Government Bonds (Competitive Auction Method) (March 2021) [PDF 99KB]
  • Feb. 26, 2021Monetary PolicyTimetable and Schedule of U.S. Dollar Funds-Supplying Operations (March-May 2021) [PDF 68KB]
  • Feb. 26, 2021Monetary PolicySchedules of Outright Purchases of CP and Corporate Bonds (March-April 2021) [PDF 60KB]
  • Feb. 26, 2021Research and Studies(Research Paper) Too-big-to-fail Reforms and Systemic Risk 
  • Feb. 26, 2021StatisticsPayment and Settlement Statistics (Jan.) [PDF 433KB]
  • Feb. 25, 2021StatisticsAverage Interest Rates by Type of Deposit [PDF 92KB]
  • Feb. 24, 2021StatisticsJapanese Government Bonds Held by the Bank of Japan [XLSX 28KB]
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  • Jan. 22, 2021Monetary PolicyOutlook for Economic Activity and Prices (January 2021, full text) [PDF 1,353KB]
  • Dec. 24, 2020AnnouncementsSpeech by Governor KURODA at the Meeting of Councillors of Nippon Keidanren
  • Feb. 22, 2021Payments and MarketsSummary of the 'Meeting on Market Operations' (February 2021) [PDF 142KB]
  • Oct.  9, 2020Payments and MarketsThe Bank of Japan's Approach to Central Bank Digital Currency
  • Feb. 22, 2021StatisticsServices Producer Price Index (Jan.) [PDF 124KB]
  • Dec. 15, 2020StatisticsTankan (Dec. 2020 Survey)
  • Jan. 12, 2021Research and Studies84th Opinion Survey
  • Oct. 30, 2020About the BankAnnual Review 2020
  • Jul. 29, 2020AnnouncementsCurrency Museum from Home
  • Jul. 10, 2020AnnouncementsBOJ from Home

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