BOJ Monetary Policy Meeting to shorten to 1 day Extraordinary measures to prevent infection April 22 19:43
The Bank of Japan has decided to shorten the schedule for the monetary policy meeting, which was scheduled to take place over the next two days, to one day next week. Shortening the schedule is an extraordinary measure to prevent the deliberative committee members and BOJ executives attending the meeting and considering monetary policy from being infected with the new coronavirus.
The Bank of Japan is extremely conscious of the current state of the domestic economy, and in order to support the increasingly difficult financial situation of corporations at meetings, corporate bonds and CP / commercial paper issued by corporations have been added. The policy is to discuss additional policy measures such as purchasing.