At the monetary policy meeting held until the 16th, the Bank of Japan decided to maintain the current large-scale monetary easing policy, which keeps short-term interest rates negative and long-term interest rates at around 0%.



In addition, the growth rate of real GDP = gross domestic product this year was + 3.8%, which is the median forecast of policymakers, down 0.2 points from the previous forecast as of April.



The Bank of Japan will continue to monitor the economic impact of the new coronavirus and will hesitate to take additional monetary easing if necessary.