植田日銀総裁、物価２％へ上昇なら引き上げ　政策金利

　植田和男日銀総裁は２６日の記者会見で、今後の金融政策運営について「基調的な物価上昇率が２％に向けて上昇していけば、政策金利を引き上げていく」と述べた。円安の進行については「物価上昇に無視し得ない影響が発生すれば、金融政策の判断材料となる」との認識を示した。
　国債買い入れの減額については「具体的に、いつの時点で、と申し上げられる段階ではない」と指摘。今回の金融政策決定会合では「（従来の月間）６兆円（程度）で続けることに関して特に反対は出なかった」と語った。（2024/04/26-16:18）

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Friday that the central bank "will raise its policy interest rate if the country's underlying inflation rate rises toward 2 pct."
   At a press conference held after the BOJ's two-day policy-setting meeting through the same day, Ueda indicated that the yen's depreciation may be a factor when the bank makes a monetary policy decision if there is a significant impact on inflation that cannot be ignored.
   The yen's ongoing weakness "has had no major impact on underlying inflation so far," he said.
   Meanwhile, the governor declined to comment on the timing of the BOJ starting to reduce its purchases of Japanese government bonds.
   At the policy meeting, there was no particular opposition to the BOJ keeping its JGB purchases at about 6 trillion yen per month, Ueda said.