Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: It is too early to conduct (stimulus policy) exit simulations and must communicate in advance to achieve a smooth exit.

Bank of Japan Governor Ueda Kazuo: When the stimulus policy is about to be withdrawn, it is difficult to choose which monetary policy tool to use.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: Achieving trend inflation of 2% can be defined as a state where the inflation rate can continue to be around 2% without new shocks, and wage growth is slightly above that level.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: The inflation trend is still below 2% and it is necessary to continue to maintain loose policies.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: It is difficult to explain the gap between price data and trends.

Market news: Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission will require overseas companies to provide international credit ratings.

Market news: Thailand is considering tightening rules on foreigners selling baht bonds.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: There is no difference in implementing the overnight lending rate or excess reserves policy.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: There are multiple options for the interest rate grading system when raising interest rates.

US Republican presidential candidate DeSantis: I don’t think Trump will be re-elected as president.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: Whether to keep interest rates at zero or raise them to 0.1%, and how quickly short-term interest rates will increase after ending the negative interest rate policy, will depend on economic and financial developments at that time.

Reuters poll: All 90 respondents expect the European Central Bank to keep the deposit facility interest rate unchanged at 4.00% at its December 14 meeting.

Reuters poll: 51 of 90 respondents said the European Central Bank would cut interest rates before the end of the second quarter of 2024; others thought it would be the third quarter or later.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: After ending the negative interest rate policy, we have no specific ideas on how much to raise interest rates.

Meta Platforms (META.O): We have started offering end-to-end encryption for all personal chats and calls in Messenger and Facebook.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: The Bank of Japan has not yet made a decision on what interest rate it will target after ending its negative interest rate policy.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: If the Bank of Japan raises interest rates, it will have a variety of policy options.

US Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy: Cryptocurrency regulation needs to keep pace with the times.