黒田日銀総裁、円滑な緩和出口「十分可能」　発言受け円高進行

　黒田東彦日銀総裁は２６日の衆院予算委員会で、大規模な金融緩和を終わらせる「出口戦略」について「金融市場の安定を確保しながら適切に遂行するのは十分可能だ」と述べた。市場では、日銀が利上げに踏み切れば急激な円高や長期金利上昇を招く恐れが指摘されているが、円滑な政策修正に自信を示した格好だ。立憲民主党の江田憲司氏への答弁。
　黒田総裁の発言を受け、東京外国為替市場では円高・ドル安が進行。円相場は一時、１ドル＝１２６円台半ばまで上昇する場面があった。（2022/05/26-20:21）

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said Thursday the central bank will be able to smoothly exit from the current ultraeasy monetary policy.
   "It's possible to carry out an exit strategy appropriately while maintaining the stability of financial markets," Kuroda told a House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting.
   Kuroda expressed his confidence in a smooth policy change despite investor concerns over the possibility of the BOJ's shift toward tightening causing the yen's sharp appreciation and a long-term interest rate spike.
   Following his remarks, the dollar temporarily dropped to around 126.50 yen.
   Reflecting soaring resources prices due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Japan's core consumer price index, excluding volatile perishables, rose 2.1 pct in April from a year earlier, exceeding the central bank's 2 pct inflation target.