At the monetary policy meeting held until the 28th, the Bank of Japan decided to maintain the current large-scale monetary easing measures, in which short-term interest rates are negative and long-term interest rates are kept at around 0%.



In addition, this year, the growth rate of real GDP = gross domestic product in 2021 was + 3.4%, which is the median forecast of policymakers, down 0.4 points from the previous forecast as of July.