金融政策の変更「時期尚早」　総裁任期とは無関係―中村日銀審議委員

　日銀の中村豊明審議委員は７日、長野県松本市で記者会見し、サービス分野の物価上昇率が低水準にとどまり、２％の物価安定目標が達成されていないとして、「金融政策を変更するのは時期尚早だ」と強調した。
　政策を見直すタイミングについては、「金融と経済の環境変化に応じて考えるものだ」とし、来年４月の黒田東彦総裁の任期満了とは直接関係しないと語った。（2022/12/07-18:40）

A Bank of Japan policymaker said on Wednesday that it is too early for the BOJ to be changing its current monetary policy as its price stability target of 2 pct has yet to be achieved, with inflation in the services sector remaining low.
   Speaking at a press conference in the central city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Toyoaki Nakamura, a member of the BOJ's Policy Board, indicated that the end of Haruhiko Kuroda's term as BOJ governor next April will not affect the central bank's decision on whether to change its policy.
   The matter "should be considered based on changes in the financial and economic environments," Nakamura said.
   Nakamura said that the price stability target is a "barometer" for assessing changes in the economy and firms' wage structures.
   "It's not as simple as revising our policy based solely on wage increase rates from 'shunto' (annual labor-management) negotiations," he noted.