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Bank of Japan
Minutes of the
Monetary Policy Meeting
on October 28 and 29, 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 Wednesday, October 28, 2020, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m., and on Thursday, October 29, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:05 p.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. NAKANISHI Kenji, State Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance2
Mr. SAKATA Wataru, Deputy Vice-Minister for Policy Planning and Coordination, Ministry of Finance3
Mr. AKAZAWA Ryosei, State Minister of Cabinet Office, Cabinet Office2 Mr. TAWA Hiroshi, Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination, Cabinet Office3
Reporting Staff
Mr. UCHIDA Shinichi, Executive Director
Ms. SHIMIZU Tokiko, Executive Director (Assistant Governor)
Mr. KAIZUKA Masaaki, Executive Director
Mr. SHIMIZU Seiichi, Director-General, Monetary Affairs Department
- The minutes of this meeting were approved by the Policy Board at the Monetary Policy Meeting held on December 17 and 18, 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. Nakanishi and Akazawa were present on October 29.
- Messrs. Sakata and Tawa were present on October 28.
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Mr. IIJIMA Kota, Head of Policy Planning Division, Monetary Affairs Department Mr. OTANI Akira, Director-General, Financial Markets Department
Mr. KAMEDA Seisaku, 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. NAKAJIMA Takeshi, Director-General, Secretariat of the Policy Board
Mr. HONDA Hisashi, Director, Deputy Head of Planning and Coordination Division, Secretariat of the Policy Board
Mr. ICHISE Yoshitaka, Senior Economist, Monetary Affairs Department Mr. TSUCHIKAWA Akira, Senior Economist, Monetary Affairs Department Mr. NAGAE Shinichiro, Senior Economist, Monetary Affairs Department
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