Announcement of the Monetary Policy Meeting Decisions (Oct. 13)
October 13, 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)
Meeting hours :
9:00 a.m. to 3:46 p.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 :
Sadakazu Tanigaki, State Secretary for Finance ( from 2:27 p.m.)
From Economic Planning Agency :
Hiroshi Imai, Parliamentary Vice Minister ( 9:00 a.m. to 0:07 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 Thursday, October 15, 1998
English version of "The Background"
End of October 1998
Release of minutes :
2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 1998