Announcement of the Monetary Policy Meeting Decisions (May.19)
May 19, 1998
Bank of Japan
(For immediate release)
The Bank today held a Monetary Policy Meeting, a regular meeting of the Policy Board on monetary policy.
By unanimous vote, the Policy Board decided to leave monetary policy unchanged.
(Reference)
Started 9:00 a.m.
Members present :
Masaru Hayami ( Chairman, Governor )
Sakuya Fujiwara ( Deputy Governor )
Yutaka Yamaguchi ( Deputy Governor )
Yasuo Gotoh
Susumu Taketomi
Toshio Miki
Nobuyuki Nakahara
Eiko Shinotsuka
Kazuo Ueda
(Others present)
From Ministry of Finance :
Shozaburou Nakamura, State Secretary for Finance ( from 9:00 a.m. )
From Economic Planning Agency :
Takafusa Shioya, Co-ordination Bureau Director General ( from 9:00 a.m. )
Release of Monthly Report of Recent Economic and Financial Developments :
( Consisting of "The Bank's View" and "The Background" )
Japanese version of the entire report and English version of "The Bank's View"
9:20 a.m. on Thursday, May 21,1998
English version of "The Background"
End of May 1998
Release of minutes :
2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30, 1998