15:14:36
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: We can make some judgments about the wages of small companies by observing other economic data and from hearings with companies.
15:13:13
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: Policy decisions can be made without all small business wage data.
15:10:36
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: If you define deflation as a state of negative inflation, then we have come a long way from deflation.
15:09:32
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: Even if real wage growth is negative, policy changes are still possible if the outlook is optimistic.
15:07:37
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: Moderate growth in consumption after spring will continue due to rising wages.
15:06:16
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: Even if negative interest rates end, the loose environment will continue to exist.
15:05:08
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: We will have more data at the April policy meeting compared to the March policy meeting.
15:04:36
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: The loose environment will continue for some time.
15:03:37
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: Some of the factors driving up service price inflation are obviously temporary, but apart from these factors, we can still say that it is gradually rising.
15:02:44
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi: The Bank of Japan is expected to work closely with the government to adopt appropriate monetary policies to achieve price targets sustainably and stably while accompanying wage growth.
15:01:26
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: Achieving the inflation target does not necessarily require the output gap to turn positive first and then rise.
15:01:15
At midday closing, the main domestic futures contracts rose more or less, with the container shipping index (European line) rising by more than 10%, soda ash rising by nearly 6%, Shanghai nickel rising by more than 2%, and Shanghai tin and lithium carbonate rising by nearly 2%. In terms of decline, rubber and urea fell by more than 1%, and pigs, No. 20 rubber (NR), palm oil, and manganese silicon fell by nearly 1%.
15:00:04
The UK government balance of payments deficit in December was 12.863 billion pounds, compared with the previous value of 12.453 billion pounds.
14:59:31
Morgan Stanley: Supported by semiconductor and export data, it is recommended to short the U.S. dollar against the Korean won.
14:59:25
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Masaru: Monetary policy falls under the jurisdiction of the Bank of Japan, and the government does not comment on its views on decision-making.
14:58:35
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: But there is still a high degree of uncertainty about the prevalence of wage increases, although not as high as last year.
14:58:19
USD/JPY fell back below 147, down 0.76% on the day.
14:57:50
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: Many companies have determined wage issues in advance.
14:57:15
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: The number of companies that decided to raise wages during wage negotiations this spring was higher than the same period last year.
14:56:47
The U.S. dollar index DXY fell below 103, down 0.33% on the day.