일본은행 총재 "필요시 추가로 금리 인하"(종합)

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일본은행 총재 "필요시 추가로 금리 인하"(종합)

송고시간 | 2016/02/03 12:58

강연서 언급…"추가완화 수단에 한계 없어"

(도쿄=연합뉴스) 조준형 특파원 = 구로다 하루히코(黑田東彦) 일본은행 총재는 3일 "필요한 경우 추가로 금리를 인하할 것"이라고 말했다고 교도통신이 보도했다.

구로다 총재는 이날 도쿄 도내에서 열린 강연에서 이같이 말하며 상황에 따라 지난달 29일 도입을 결정한 마이너스 금리(－0.1%)의 폭을 더 확대하는 방향으로 추가 금융완화에 나설 수 있다는 생각을 밝혔다.

구로다는 시장에서 국채 등의 매입량을 크게 늘린 대규모 금융 완화책(2013년 4월 결정)에 마이너스 금리를 더한 일본은행의 정책은 "중앙은행의 역사에서 아마도 가장 강력한 틀일 것"이라고 강조했다.

그는 일본은행의 금융완화책이 한계에 다가가고 있다는 견해에 대해 "매우 위화감이 있는 표현"이라고 반박한 뒤 "추가 완화 수단에 한계는 없다"고 말했다.

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구로다 "완화에 제한 없다"…추가 마이너스 금리도 불사

(도쿄 로이터=뉴스1) 신기림 기자 | 2016-02-03 12:03:39 송고

구로다 하루히코 일본은행(BoJ) 총재가 3일 자산 매입을 늘리거나 더 낮은 마이너스(-) 금리를 도입할 수 있다고 밝혔다.

구로다 총재는 이날 세미나 연설에서 "기존의 조치들이 우리의 목표를 달성하기에 충분하지 않다고 판단되면 새로운 수단을 강구하는 것이 우리의 일"이라고 말했다.

그러면서 "통화 완화를 위한 조치에 제한은 없다고 확신한다"고 덧붙였다. 

BoJ는 지난달 29일 금융정책 결정회의를 마치고 정책 금리를 최저 -0.1%로 인하해 사상 처음으로 마이너스 금리를 도입했다. 

구로다 총재는 이후 기자회견에서 금융불안이 실물경제에까지 영향을 끼칠 수 있다며 물가상승률 2% 목표 달성을 위해 추가 완화도 가능하다고 말했다. 

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BOJ Kuroda says can ease more, devise new tools

"I am convinced that there is no limit to measures for monetary easing," Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Wednesday.

Posted 03 Feb 2016 11:25 Updated 03 Feb 2016 11:34

TOKYO: Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the central bank has ample room to expand stimulus further and is prepared to cut interest rates deeper into negative territory, signalling a readiness to act again to hit his ambitious inflation target.

"If we judge that existing measures in the toolkit are not enough to achieve (our) goal, what we have to do is to devise new tools," Kuroda said in a speech at a seminar on Wednesday (Feb 3).

"I am convinced that there is no limit to measures for monetary easing," he said. 

Governor Kuroda also countered criticism that the BOJ was running out of ammunition to accelerate inflation, which has ground to a halt due to slumping oil costs, saying negative rates won't hamper the bank's efforts to gobble up government bonds.

"If judged necessary, it is possible to further cut the interest rate from the current level of minus 0.1 per cent," he said.

The BOJ blindsided global financial markets by joining its European counterparts in the negative interest-rate club on Jan 29, as it comes under increasing pressure to revive growth in the world's third-largest economy.

The central bank will charge a 0.1 per cent interest on some of the excess reserves financial institutions park with the BOJ, while maintaining its existing asset-buying programme - dubbed "quantitative and qualitative easing" (QQE).

By charging financial institutions for parking their excess reserves with it, the central bank hopes to encourage retail banks to lend more and help stimulate activity in the real economy.

However, for an economy which has been struggling with persistently low inflation and weak growth for more than two decades, analysts believed that more needs to be done.

Some analysts have predicted further interest-rate cuts, with the BOJ likely lowering rates to negative 1 per cent over the next 12 months, from the current minus 0.1 per cent.

JAPAN BANKS REACT

Meanwhile, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) said on Wednesday it is not considering introducing new fees on the deposit accounts of big companies.

This announcement follows a report by the Nikkei business daily earlier on Wednesday that said BTMU, a core unit of Japan's largest lender Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, may charge such fees after the BOJ's surprise adoption of negative interest rates last week.

Already hit by ultra-low interest rates, BTMU and rival lenders are under further pressure after the central bank's move. Some banks, including Bank of Yokohama Ltd and Resona Bank, already cut deposit rates starting Monday.

Nikkei, without citing sources, reported BTMU has not yet determined the amount of the fees charged on deposit accounts held by large corporate clients, but they could act as a negative interest rate if the fees are bigger than interests paid on deposits.

Retail customers and small- and medium-sized corporate clients would be excluded from this step, according to the report.

However, industry insiders said Japanese banks are unlikely to start charging fees or negative interest rates on deposits any time soon given strong publish backlash against such moves.

"We might start asking clients to curb the amount of deposits at our bank if the BOJ's negative interest rate goes further down and drags on," an official at a major bank said.

"But at this moment, we are not planning to charge deposit customers," said the person, who were not authorised to discuss the matter publicly.

- Reuters/sk

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