追加利上げ「適時適切に」　円安で政策対応も―日銀４月会合議事要旨

　日銀は１９日、４月２５、２６日に開いた金融政策決定会合の議事要旨を公表した。３月のマイナス金利解除後の政策運営について、政策委員の一人は「（２％の物価目標を実現する）見通しの確度の高まりに合わせて、適時適切に政策金利を引き上げていくことが必要だ」と指摘。また、「（政策金利引き上げの）タイミングや幅に関する議論を深めることが必要」との見解が示されるなど、追加利上げを巡る意見が相次いだ。
　最近の円安進行では、何人かの委員が「為替は経済・物価に影響を及ぼす重要な要因の一つで、経済・物価見通しなどが変化すれば金融政策上の対応が必要になる」と言及。円安で、基調的な物価上昇率が上振れすれば「正常化のペースが速まる可能性は十分にある」との意見が出された。（2024/06/19-11:13）

A Bank of Japan policymaker stressed at an April meeting the need for raising interest rates "in a timely and appropriate manner" as the BOJ gets closer to achieving its inflation target, the minutes of the meeting showed Wednesday.
   "It would be necessary for the Bank to raise the policy interest rate in a timely and appropriate manner as the likelihood of realizing the outlook for economic activity and prices rose," the minutes of the April 25-26 Policy Board meeting reported a member as saying.
   Many policymakers offered their views on a possible rate increase, with one noting the need to "deepen discussion on the timing and degree of policy interest rate hikes."
   The central bank in March ended its negative interest rate policy, carrying out its first interest rate hike in 17 years and starting its monetary policy normalization process.
   Some members cited exchange rates as "one of the important factors affecting economic activity and prices," adding that "monetary policy responses would be necessary if there was a change in the outlook for economic activity and prices."