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US December FOMC Highlights
・The US FOMC unanimously decided to leave the policy interest rate unchanged at 5.25-5.5%
・Statements and Chairman Powell's press conference are dovish
・Dot Plot suggests 3 interest rate cuts next year, and cuts have been further accelerated from 2 as of September
・Market participants took this as an important signal of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy shift, and US stocks skyrocketed
Statements and Chairman Powell's press conference are dovish
In the wording of the resolution, the following 3 points were changed compared to the statement announced on November 1.
① As for economic growth, November's “economic activityStrong pace in the third quarterFrom “expansion” to “growth in economic activitySlowing down from strong pace in Q3It was changed to “I did it.”
② Regarding the inflation rate, “What is the inflation rateIt's still high” to “What is the rate of inflationRelaxed in the past 1 yearIt was changed to “it is still high.”
③ Regarding the FOMC statement, the wording “when determining the degree of additional monetary tightening that may be appropriate in order to return the inflation rate to 2% over the long term” is “before additional monetary tightening”How much (any)” was added, and the intention to raise interest rates was slightly weakened...

The Bank of Japan will hold the last monetary policy meeting of the year on the 18th to 19th, announce the details of the decision around noon on the 19th, and Governor Kazuo Ueda will hold a press conference in the afternoon. Although an exit toward normalization of monetary policy is being recognized, the current large-scale monetary easing policy is being maintained,There is a strong view that negative interest rates will not be lifted。 This time, negative interest rates will be lifted after the beginning of the year, etc.Attention is being paid to whether there will be statements that go a step further about the prospects for interest rate hikes。 Depending on the content of the statement, there is a possibility that the “appreciation of yen = stock depreciation,” which was strengthened by interest rate cut discussions at the US FOMC on the 13th and suggestions for interest rate cuts three times in 2024, will accelerate further.
The December meeting is expected to maintain the status quo
According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun dated 12th, in a questionnaire for 28 “Bank of Japan watchers” who analyze monetary policy, only 1 predicted that there would be a revision to the Bank of Japan policy in December, and the remaining 27 predicted maintaining the status quo.
However, according to the QUICK November monthly survey of the foreign exchange market introduced in the same newspaper dated 11th, the period when negative interest rates will be lifted by the Bank of Japan is predicted to be 1% in December and 20% in 2014/1...