Announcement of the Monetary Policy Meeting Decisions (June 12)
June 12, 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 majority 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 :
Toshirou Mutou, Deputy Vice Minister for Policy Co-ordination ( 9:00 to 10:10 a.m. )
From Economic Planning Agency :
Shinichirou Kurimoto, Parliamentary Vice Minister ( 9:00 to 10:46 a.m. )
Koji Omi, Minister ( 10:50 to 11:17 a.m. )
Takafusa Shioya, Co-ordination Bureau Director General ( 0:17 to 5:00 p.m., 5:15 to 5:56 p.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 Tuesday, June 16,1998
English version of "The Background"
End of June 1998
Release of minutes :
2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 22, 1998