The Bank of Japan will hold a monetary policy meeting from 18th to 19th. The details of the decision will be announced around noon on the 19th, and a press conference by President Ueda Kazuo is expected to be held in the afternoon. The biggest focus isThe negative interest rate policy that has continued since 2016/2 will be liftedIt's about whether or not.
If the Bank of Japan implements interest rate hikes,Policy change for the first time in 17 years since 07/2It becomes. The spring battle, which Governor Ueda said “would be a big point,” was an average response in the 5% range for the first time in 33 years according to the 1st tally by the coalition on the 15th,Give a strong boost to interest rate hikesI'll do it. In addition, the Bank of JapanMonetary easing measures other than negative interest rates have also been lifted, and moving towards normalization of monetary policy is also viewed as dominantIt's been done. For the stock market,Will the Bank of Japan stop buying ETFsInterest is also drawn to
Interest rate hike forecasts for March surged due to successive positive statements from Governor Ueda and his colleagues
At the time of the decision meeting in January, there was also an intention to confirm the effects of the Noto Peninsula earthquake, and monetary mitigation measures were maintained. Meanwhile, “main opinions” include “requirements for policy revisions, including the cancellation of negative interest rates, are being met” and “it is necessary to begin full-scale discussions about exits,” etc., government...

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The US insurance and investment company Berkshire Hathaway raised the investment ratio of 5 Japanese trading company stocks. Excluding corporate shares held by each company, the average holding ratio is over 8.5%.
It is said that the total value of shares of the five companies ITOCHU Corporation, Marubeni Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsui & Co., and Sumitomo Corporation greatly exceeds the value of shares of listed companies in any country held by Berkshire other than the United States.
There is a possibility that the investment ratio will be raised to 9.9% for any of the five companies, but there are no plans to make further investments unless there is special approval from the board of directors of the investee companies.
Mitsubishi Corporation 6.59% → 8.31% (+ 1.72%)
ITOCHU 6.21% → 7.47% (+ 1.26%)
Mitsui & Co. 6.62% → 8.09% (+ 1.47%)
Marubeni 6.75% → 8.30% (+ 1.55%)
Sumitomo Corporation 6.57% → 8.23% (+ 1.66%)
It was decided that there is a possibility that the investment ratio will increase to 9.9% for the purpose of long-term ownership.
According to Berkshire, the current shareholding ratio is average8.5%It is strong, and the total investment amount is the largest among listed stocks outside the US.
The stock prices of the five major trading companies have all risen by 30% or more since the beginning of the year.
Marubeni is...