為替介入を容認　過度の市場変動なら―ＩＭＦ幹部

　【ワシントン時事】国際通貨基金（ＩＭＦ）のエイドリアン金融資本市場局長は１６日の記者会見で、為替の変動が激しい場合には為替市場への介入が「適切になる可能性がある」と述べた。ドル高が進行する中、為替介入を容認した形だ。
　予想よりも強い米経済指標を背景に、市場では米連邦準備制度理事会（ＦＲＢ）の利下げ観測が後退し、円安・ドル高の流れが止まらない状況だ。日本政府・日銀による為替介入への警戒感も強まっている。
　ただ、エイドリアン氏は為替介入について「特別な環境次第だ」と述べ、あくまでも市場の動きが行き過ぎた場合にのみ、有益になるとの考えを示唆した。（2024/04/17-05:29）

Intervention in the currency market may be tolerated when excessive movements of foreign exchange rates are seen, an executive of the International Monetary Fund suggested Tuesday.
   "Under disorderly market conditions, there can be circumstances where exchange rate volatility is excessive, where some FX (foreign exchange) intervention could be appropriate," Tobias Adrian, director of the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department, said at a press conference.
   The dollar has been advancing against the yen and other major currencies as speculation of an early interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve receded following the recent releases of stronger-than-expected U.S. economic indicators, market sources said.
   Against this background, market players have grown wary of possible dollar-selling, yen-buying market intervention by the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan.
   Still, Adrian said whether market intervention will be tolerated "depends on the particular circumstances."