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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