利上げ「適時かつ段階的に」　日銀７月会合の主な意見

　日銀は８日、追加利上げを決めた７月３０、３１日の金融政策決定会合での「主な意見」を公表した。多くの政策委員は「経済・物価はおおむね想定通りに推移している」といった見方を示し、「適時かつ段階的に利上げしていく必要がある」などと判断した。
　会合では、短期金利の誘導目標を「０～０．１％程度」から「０．２５％程度」への引き上げを決定。委員からは「足元の経済状態は、極めて低い政策金利を幾分引き上げることができる」「物価の上振れリスクに注意する必要がある」などの声が相次いだ。
　一段の利上げについては「設備投資や賃上げ、価格転嫁といった前向きな企業行動が確認されれば、その都度、金融緩和の一段の調整を進めることが必要だ」などの見解が表明された。（2024/08/08-11:24）

Many Bank of Japan policymakers saw the need for an interest rate hike based on their views on the economy and prices last month, a summary of the latest monetary policy meeting showed Thursday.
   At the July 30-31 meeting, Policy Board members recognized economic and price developments that were largely in line with the BOJ's projections, according to the summary of opinions expressed at the gathering.
   One opinion said the central bank "needs to raise the policy interest rate in a timely and gradual manner."
   At the meeting, the nine-member board voted seven to two to raise the bank's short-term interest rate target, or the policy rate, to around 0.25 pct from the previous range of around zero to 0.1 pct.
   One opinion said that "the current economic situation seems to be favorable enough that the bank can raise the significantly low policy interest rate to some degree," while another stated that "upside risks to prices require attention."