黒田日銀総裁、強力な金融緩和継続　国内需要の回復に遅れ

　【ニューヨーク時事】日銀の黒田東彦総裁は２２日、米ニューヨーク市のコロンビア大学で講演し、「長短金利操作を軸とした金融緩和を粘り強く継続する」と述べ、現行の金融政策を維持する姿勢を示した。個人消費などの国内需要や雇用の回復が米国に比べて遅れており、金融緩和により日本経済を支える必要性を強調した。
　黒田氏は講演で、日米の経済、物価動向を比較。米国は需要拡大や賃金の伸びを要因としたインフレが発生しているのに対し、日本の物価上昇はエネルギー高によってもたらされていると説明した。「資源価格の上昇が賃金と物価の持続的な上昇に直ちにつながる可能性は高くない」と指摘した。（2022/04/23-06:24）

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Friday reiterated the central bank's intention to maintain its current monetary policy, saying in a speech at Columbia University that the bank will "persistently continue with the current monetary easing centered on yield curve control."
   "By doing so, it (the BOJ) will firmly support the economic recovery from the pandemic and encourage the formation of a virtuous cycle in which both wages and prices rise moderately," Kuroda said, noting that "recovery in aggregate demand in Japan has been slower than in the United States."
   In the speech, Kuroda said that there is "still a long way to go" to achieve the BOJ's inflation target of 2 pct "in a stable manner."
   While the United States is seeing inflation stemming from demand and wage growth, Japan's inflation is being driven by higher energy prices, he pointed out.
   "In Japan, it is unlikely that the current rise in commodity prices due to supply factors will immediately lead to a sustained rise in wages and prices," the BOJ chief said.