ＥＴＦ含み損、２兆～３兆円　コロナ懸念で株価下落―日銀

　黒田東彦日銀総裁は１８日の参院財政金融委員会で、日銀が保有する上場投資信託（ＥＴＦ）の含み損について「現時点の日経平均株価を基に試算すると２兆から３兆円になる」と述べた。新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大の影響で世界的に株価が急落し、日銀の財務悪化を招いている。
　日銀は１６日に決めた追加金融緩和で、ＥＴＦの買い入れ額を年間１２兆円と従来に比べ倍増。１７日には１日当たりの買い入れ額も過去最大の１２００億円に増額した。
　黒田総裁はＥＴＦの買い入れ拡大について「金融緩和の一環として一定の効果を持っている」と強調した。ただ、日銀はＥＴＦに含み損が生じれば引当金を計上する必要があり、国庫納付金の減少を通じ国民負担につながる。（2020/03/18-18:52）

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said Wednesday that the amount of latent losses on exchange-traded funds held by the central bank is estimated at 2 trillion to 3 trillion yen following a recent stock sell-off amid the coronavirus crisis.
   The estimate is based on the current levels of the benchmark 225-issue Nikkei average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Kuroda said at a meeting of the Financial Affairs Committee of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament.
   The spread of the new coronavirus, which originated in China, caused global stock markets to nose-dive.
   The BOJ decided to double its annual purchases of ETFs to 12 trillion yen as part of its additional monetary easing measures adopted Monday. On Tuesday, the BOJ bought 120 billion yen worth of ETFs, the largest daily amount on record.
   Kuroda stressed that stepped-up ETF buying by the central bank has "certain effects as a monetary easing step."