黒田日銀総裁「菅政権と連携」　任期全うを明言―景気判断を上方修正

　日銀は１７日の金融政策決定会合で、現在の大規模な金融緩和策や資金繰り支援の維持を決め、景気判断を上方修正した。記者会見した黒田東彦総裁は、１６日発足した菅義偉政権との関係について「意思疎通を図り、連携しつつ適切な金融政策を遂行する」と表明。政府・日銀一体で新型コロナウイルス対策を継続する姿勢を強調した。また２０２３年４月までの任期を全うする考えも示した。
　安倍晋三前首相は金融緩和や財政出動を柱とする経済政策「アベノミクス」を推進。安倍氏が起用した黒田総裁は大量の国債購入やマイナス金利政策などに踏み切り、円安・株高を演出してきた。
　黒田総裁は会見で、アベノミクスについて「持続的な成長を実現する上で大きな成果をもたらした」と評価。「菅政権でも引き続き現在の政策運営の下で日本経済をしっかり支える」と述べた。その上で「任期を全うするつもりだ」と語り、市場でくすぶる途中退任観測を否定した。（2020/09/17-19:37）

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said Thursday that he will cooperate with the administration of new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, after he did so with the government of Suga's predecessor, Shinzo Abe.
   "We'll appropriately conduct monetary policy while communicating and working with (the Suga administration)," Kuroda told a news conference after the BOJ's two-day policy-setting meeting through the day. Kuroda also said that the government and the BOJ will continue joint efforts in the fight against the novel coronavirus.
   Kuroda also said, "I will fully serve my (five-year) term" as BOJ governor until April 2023, brushing aside speculation in financial markets that he may step down before the end of the term.
   At the Policy Board meeting, the central bank kept its current massive monetary easing policy unchanged while revising up its assessment of the country's economy.
   Acting in concert with the former prime minister's Abenomics reflationary policy mix, Kuroda, who was chosen as BOJ governor by Abe, has led the central bank's massive purchases of Japanese government bonds and negative interest rate policy under its ultraeasy policy framework, helping the yen drop against other major currencies and Japanese stock prices go up.