市場不安定なら「利上げせず」　９月の日銀会合議事要旨

　日銀は６日、９月１９、２０日に開いた金融政策決定会合の議事要旨を公表した。７月の追加利上げ決定後に株価が暴落したことを受け、一人の委員が「金融資本市場が不安定な状況で利上げすることはない」と言及。また、「現在は緩和的な金融環境を粘り強く続ける我慢の局面だ」として、一段の政策変更に慎重な意見が相次いだ。
　金融市場の混乱の背景について、多くの委員が「７月の金利引き上げ（決定）がサプライズと受け止められた」と指摘。先行きの政策運営に当たり、委員から「可能な限り丁寧なコミュニケーションを行う必要がある」との意見が示された。さらに、先行きの政策金利見通しの「公表もあり得る」との見解も出された。（2024/11/06-11:18）

Members of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board at a meeting in September voiced caution over further monetary policy adjustment after an interest rate hike decision in July, minutes of the meeting showed Wednesday.
   One member said at the Sept. 19-20 Policy Board meeting that the BOJ would not raise its policy interest rate under financial and capital market instability, according to the minutes released by the central bank.
   "In the current phase, the BOJ should patiently maintain the current accommodative financial conditions to support economic activity," another Policy Board member said.
   Japanese stocks plummeted after the BOJ decided at its monetary policy meeting in late July to raise its target for the unsecured overnight call rate, the country's benchmark short-term interbank lending rate, to around 0.25 pct from the range of around zero to 0.1 pct.
   Many Policy Board members said at the September meeting that the rate hike took the market by surprise, according to the minutes.