国債購入「どこかで減額」　円安対応も選択肢―安達日銀審議委員

　日銀の安達誠司審議委員は２９日、熊本市で講演し、３月のマイナス金利政策解除後も継続している月間６兆円規模の国債買い入れについて「将来どこかの時点で減額させる」と述べた。ただ、急激な減額は金利上昇など悪影響を及ぼすとして「債券市場の需給や機能度などを勘案し段階的に減額していくのが望ましい」との見解を示した。
　最近の円安進行に関しては、「物価目標実現に影響を与えると予想される場合には、金融政策による対応も選択肢の一つ」と指摘。輸入インフレが深刻化すれば、追加利上げもあり得るとの考えを明らかにした。（2024/05/29-12:01）

The Bank of Japan will reduce purchases of Japanese government bonds at some point in the future, BOJ Policy Board member Seiji Adachi said Wednesday.
   Adachi was discussing the BOJ's JGB-buying operations, which continue at a monthly pace of around 6 trillion yen even after the bank ended its negative interest rate policy in March.
   In a lecture in the southwestern city of Kumamoto, Adachi also said that it would be "preferable to carry out reductions in stages while eyeing the supply-demand balance in the bond market and the level of market function," as drastic cuts would have bad results such as rises in interest rates.
   On the yen's recent depreciation, Adachi stated that "monetary policy responses could be a possible choice if a weaker yen is seen affecting the achievement of our price target."
   At a news conference later, he expressed a readiness to raise interest rates additionally if imported inflation accelerates.