日銀、ＥＴＦ購入ゼロ　黒田総裁下で初―５月実績

　日銀は３１日、５月の上場投資信託（ＥＴＦ）の購入額がゼロだったと発表した。月間を通じて購入しないのは黒田東彦総裁の下では初めてで、２０１２年１２月以来８年５カ月ぶり。日銀は今年３月の金融政策決定会合で、市場が落ち着いていればＥＴＦの購入を抑制することを決定している。
　日銀によるＥＴＦ購入は、株式市場の不安定化で企業心理が冷え込み、経済・物価動向に悪影響を及ぼすのを防ぐことが狙い。新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大で先行きの不透明感が強まった昨年３月と４月は、それぞれ１兆円を超える買い入れを実施していた。（2021/05/31-19:33）

The Bank of Japan bought no exchange-traded funds in May, stopping the closely watched operation for a full month for the first time under Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, BOJ data showed Monday.
   The previous time the central bank's monthly ETF purchases stood at zero was December 2012. Kuroda took the helm of the BOJ in March 2013.
   In a monetary policy meeting in March this year, the BOJ decided to curb ETF purchases if the market was in a calm state.
   The central bank buys ETFs to prevent stock market instability from dampening corporate sentiment or negatively affecting the economic and price situations.
   The BOJ purchased over one trillion yen in ETFs each in March and April last year, when uncertainties abounded amid the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus around the world.