円安、物価影響で政策変更も　「無視できぬ大きさ」なら―植田日銀総裁

　【ワシントン時事】日銀の植田和男総裁は１８日（日本時間１９日）、２０カ国・地域（Ｇ２０）財務相・中央銀行総裁会議の閉幕後に記者会見し、急速な円安進行について「基調的な物価上昇率に影響を与える可能性がある。無視できない大きさの影響が発生すれば、金融政策の変更もありうる」と述べた。
　日銀は今月２５、２６日に開催する金融政策決定会合で、最新の景気予測「経済・物価情勢の展望（展望リポート）」を公表する。植田氏は円安の影響について「どのように評価しているのか、展望リポートの中で取り上げて数値的にも示す」と説明した。（2024/04/19-06:08）

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda on Thursday suggested a possible change in the Japanese central bank's monetary policy in the event of a weaker yen affecting prices considerably.
   A rapid depreciation of the yen "may affect the underlying inflation rate," Ueda told a press conference in Washington after the end of a meeting of finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies. "If there is a significant impact that cannot be ignored, a change in monetary policy would be possible."
   The BOJ will release its latest quarterly Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices report on April 26, following its two-day policy-setting meeting through the same day.
   Ueda said the report will take up how the BOJ evaluates the impact of the yen's weakening and show it numerically.
   Also in the press conference, Ueda said that through a series of meetings he attended in Washington, he had the opportunity to explain the BOJ's recent review of its massive monetary easing measures, including the lifting of its negative interest rate policy. In response to his explanations, some meeting participants voiced a sense of relief that the policy change is being digested without major confusion in the market, according to Ueda.