Bank of Japan meeting —
At its 31 July 2026 meeting, the Bank of Japan held its policy rate at 1.00%.
Decision
hold — 1.00% to 1.00%
Key passages
At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by an 8-1 majority vote, to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period:
The Bank will encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 1.0 percent.
Meeting documents
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