物価高の影響点検　１９日から金融政策決定会合―日銀

　日銀は１９、２０日に金融政策決定会合を開く。原材料価格高騰や円安を背景に食料品や日用品の値上げが続いており、会合では、物価高に伴う国内経済への影響を点検。現在の大規模金融緩和策は維持するとみられる。
　全国消費者物価指数の先行指標とされる１１月の東京都区部消費者物価指数は前年同月比３．６％上昇し、４０年７カ月ぶりの高い伸びとなった。為替相場では急速な円安進行がいったん和らいでいるものの、ロシアのウクライナ侵攻に伴う資源・原材料高が続く中、企業が商品に価格転嫁する動きは広がっている。（2022/12/15-17:08）

Members of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board are likely to decide to keep the central bank's massive monetary easing policy unchanged when they hold a two-day meeting from Monday.
   The BOJ policymakers are expected to assess at the meeting how the Japanese economy has been affected by rising prices of food, daily necessities and other goods stemming from higher materials prices and the yen's weakening.
   The core consumer price index for Tokyo's densely populated 23 special wards, considered a leading indicator for nationwide price trends, climbed 3.6 pct in November from a year before, its fastest rise in 40 years and seven months. While the yen's rapid fall against the dollar has come to a pause for now on the currency exchange market, the uptrend of resources and materials prices caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, and more and more companies are moving to pass on rising costs to prices.
   Under such circumstances, there is persistent speculation among market players that the BOJ may decide to make monetary policy adjustments toward next year.
   Still, BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said it is "too early" to have concrete discussions on the framework of monetary policies, and many within the BOJ apparently believe the central bank should continue the current easing measures, sources familiar with the matter said.