BoJ’s Ueda: Not thinking about selling long-term JGBs as tool to adjust interest rates

Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda spoke in the Japanese parliament on Friday, noting that he is “not thinking about selling long-term JGBs as a tool to adjust interest rates.”

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Reduction in JGB purchases would represent just 7-8% of balance sheet, not large reduction.

If economy moves in line with our projection, there will be phase where we can adjust interest rates a little further.