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Bank of Japan
Minutes of the
Monetary Policy Meeting
on July 14 and 15, 2020
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A Monetary Policy Meeting of the Bank of Japan Policy Board was held in the Head Office of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:31 p.m., and on Wednesday, July 15, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.1
Policy Board Members Present
Mr. KURODA Haruhiko, Chairman, Governor of the Bank of Japan Mr. AMAMIYA Masayoshi, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan Mr. WAKATABE Masazumi, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan Mr. SAKURAI Makoto
Ms. MASAI Takako
Mr. SUZUKI Hitoshi
Mr. KATAOKA Goushi
Mr. ADACHI Seiji
Mr. NAKAMURA Toyoaki
Government Representatives Present
Mr. TOYAMA Kiyohiko, State Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance2
Mr. KANDA Masato, Deputy Vice-Minister for Policy Planning and Coordination, Ministry of Finance3
Mr. MIYASHITA Ichiro, State Minister of Cabinet Office, Cabinet Office2 Mr. TAWA Hiroshi, Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination, Cabinet Office3
Reporting Staff
Mr. ETOH Kimihiro, Executive Director
Mr. UCHIDA Shinichi, Executive Director (Assistant Governor)
Mr. KATO Takeshi, Director-General, Monetary Affairs Department
Mr. IIJIMA Kota, Head of Policy Planning Division, Monetary Affairs Department
- The minutes of this meeting were approved by the Policy Board at the Monetary Policy Meeting held on September 16 and 17, 2020, as "a document describing an outline of the discussion at the meeting" stipulated in Article 20, paragraph 1 of the Bank of Japan Act of 1997. Those present are referred to by their titles at the time of the meeting.
- Messrs. Toyama and Miyashita were present on July 15.
- Messrs. Kanda and Tawa were present on July 14.
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Mr. SHIMIZU Seiichi, Director-General, Financial Markets Department
Mr. KAMIYAMA Kazushige, Director-General, Research and Statistics Department Mr. KAWAMOTO Takuji, Head of Economic Research Division, Research and Statistics Department
Mr. FUKUMOTO Tomoyuki, Director-General, International Department
Secretariat of the Monetary Policy Meeting
Mr. MATSUSHITA Ken, Director-General, Secretariat of the Policy Board
Mr. HONDA Hisashi, Director, Deputy Head of Planning and Coordination Division, Secretariat of the Policy Board
Mr. YAMASHIRO Yoshimichi, Director, Deputy Head of Planning and Coordination Division, Secretariat of the Policy Board
Mr. HIGASHI Masato, Senior Economist, Monetary Affairs Department Mr. NAGAE Shinichiro, Senior Economist, Monetary Affairs Department Mr. INABA Hiroki, Senior Economist, Monetary Affairs Department
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