The Bank of Japan announced the "main opinions" of the monetary policy meeting held last month.
It was found that the policymakers were wary of the prolonged restrictions on parts supply such as semiconductor shortages and the future of the Chinese economy.
The Bank of Japan held a monetary policy meeting for two days until the 28th of last month to decide to maintain large-scale monetary easing measures, and commented on the current state of the domestic economy, saying, "It is still in a difficult situation, but the trend is picking up. I have left the judgment that "I am".
According to the main opinions at the meeting announced on the 8th, the policymakers commented that it is necessary to pay attention to the risk of expanding and prolonging supply constraints regarding the supply of parts such as semiconductors.
In addition, there was an opinion that "the effects of supply constraints and power shortages overseas are becoming apparent, and the sense of slowdown in the Chinese economy is intensifying," indicating that there was a series of cautions about the future of the economy. I did.
Based on these discussions, the Bank of Japan has set the median growth rate of real GDP = gross domestic product for this year as + 3.4% in the median outlook of policymakers in the "Forecast Report" that summarizes the latest economic and price outlook. It has been reduced by 0.4 points from the previous outlook for July.