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Bank of Japan: Will assess the impact of the situation in the Middle East on the timing and pace of interest rate hikes.

Bank of Japan: From the perspective of supporting Japan’s growth-oriented investment expansion, it is crucial to achieve price stability through the appropriate implementation of monetary policy.

Bank of Japan: Japan’s economy is likely to continue to grow moderately, albeit at a slower pace.

Bank of Japan: The impact of rising import prices deserves great attention as it is expected to push up the prices of various goods, including durable goods.

BoJ: Upward pressure on wages and prices may be stronger than the output gap suggests.

Bank of Japan: Affected by the depreciation of the yen and commodity price trends (such as high crude oil prices), the recent year-on-year increase in import prices has increased significantly.

Bank of Japan: The output gap is showing an improving trend and has recently turned slightly positive.

Bank of Japan: If domestic and foreign demand for aluminum-related materials and components exceeds expectations, upward pressure on prices may increase further.

Bank of Japan: The median core-core CPI expectations for the fiscal year 2026-2028 are 2.5%, 2.6%, and 2.2% respectively (the April expectations were 2.6%, 2.6%, and 2.2% respectively).

Bank of Japan: The median core CPI expectations for fiscal years 2026-2028 are 2.5%, 2.4%, and 2.0% respectively. (April expectations are 2.8%, 2.3%, and 2.0% respectively).

BoJ: Due to high crude oil prices, price transmission in inter-firm transactions is proceeding at a relatively fast speed.

Bank of Japan: We must pay attention to the impact of global artificial intelligence demand and future foreign exchange development on the economy and prices.

Bank of Japan: Significant downside risks to economic activity and significant upward risks to prices have both reduced.

BoJ: We must pay close attention to preventing the risk of upward inflation from becoming a reality and thus having an adverse impact on the economy.

BoJ: Businesses are more inclined to raise wages and prices.

The Bank of Japan: It will implement monetary policy in a timely manner from the perspective of achieving the inflation target sustainably and stably.

Bank of Japan: Price risks are biased to the upside.

Bank of Japan review member Hajime Takada proposed raising the short-term interest rate target to 1.25%.

Sony's (SONY.N) revenue in the first fiscal quarter was 2.84 trillion yen, compared with 2.62 trillion yen in the same period last year.

Sony (SONY.N): Raised its fiscal year dividend to 35 yen per share.