物価見通し「誤りあった」　円安も緩和の副作用―植田日銀総裁

　植田和男日銀総裁は８日の衆院財務金融委員会で、四半期ごとに公表している物価見通しの上方修正を繰り返していることに関し、「誤りがあったことは認めざるを得ない」と述べた。その上で、「今後、いろいろなデータをきちんと分析して、見通しが適切に行われるよう努める」と語った。立憲民主党の階猛氏への答弁。
　日銀の大規模金融緩和策が急激な円安を招いているとの見方に関しては、「長短金利操作によって為替の変動も高まる場合は、（緩和の）副作用に含める」との見解を明らかにした。（2023/11/08-11:18）

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda on Wednesday admitted that the central bank has made some errors in its inflation forecasts.
   At a meeting of the Financial Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japan's parliament, Ueda said that the BOJ will "carefully analyze various data to ensure that the forecasts are made appropriately."
   The remarks, given in response to a question by Takeshi Shina of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, came as the BOJ has been repeatedly revising up its quarterly inflation forecasts.
   As to the view that the central bank's ultraeasy monetary policy has caused the yen to weaken sharply, Ueda said, "If exchange rate fluctuations increase due to yield curve control, we will include this as a side effect (of the monetary easing)."
   Ueda refuted a claim that the BOJ is maintaining its monetary easing while underestimating price rises, saying, "There were no major errors in policy management."