A different member said that, particularly in the ASEAN economies, negative effects of the rise in crude oil prices were cause for concern, but these economies were likely to remain on an expanding trend partly because there had also been positive effects such as an increase in their exports to the Middle East.
Further, a different member expressed concern that the market mechanism might not function properly if banks and firms increased their ties within their traditional business groupings in the process of corporate restructuring and efforts to strengthen the soundness of the financial system.
A different member expressed the opinion that the Bank should continue to ensure the public understood that applying the proviso was not a first step toward changing the framework of the quantitative easing policy, but was aimed at smoothly maintaining that framework.
A different member expressed the recognition that it was essential for the Bank to aim to achieve the price stability target while gaining the public's understanding on the importance of overcoming deflation, so that a shift in firms' stance toward raising prices would not be interpreted in a negative manner.
A different member said that it was important to dispel concerns about liquidity in view of the interim book closings, given that the financial system could become unstable depending on future developments in the economy, although the Japan premium and credit spreads were at present low.
A different member expressed the view that, given that the ratio of the monetary base to nominal GDP was already at a high level, it was now important for the Bank to promote the effective use of the accumulated monetary base by strengthening the transmission mechanism of monetary easing.
A different member expressed the view that appropriate conduct of macroeconomic policy-- such as adjusting the speed of fiscal consolidation flexibly to the extent that economic recovery would not be disrupted-- had been contributing significantly to the recovery of the European economy.
A different member was of the opinion that, given that the side effects of monetary easing would accumulate as economic activity recently had been showing signs of a phase shift, it was necessary to strengthen monetary easing in order to achieve the price stability target of 2 percent at the earliest possible time.
A different member pointed out that, given that the adaptive formation mechanism of inflation expectations played a large role in Japan, it could not be ignored when examining future price developments that items such as administered prices, housing rent, and charges for mobile phone services-- all of which have large weights in the CPI-- were hardly responsive to the output gap.
A different member pointed out that, in a situation where there were high uncertainties regarding economic and price developments, it was important to sustain moderate economic expansion while avoiding an accumulation of imbalances, and essential to persistently continue with the powerful monetary easing while carefully examining the positive effects and side effects of the policy.
A different member, however, said that it was unlikely that an increase in business fixed investment would be the driving force of economic recovery. This was because momentum for a recovery in business fixed investment was weak due to factors such as pressures to adjust both the industrial structure and firms' balance sheets, and the decline in the expected growth rate.
A different member pointed out that an improvement in households' ability to borrow money due to a rise in housing prices had been one of the factors underpinning consumption. On this basis, this member said that there was a possibility that the rise in housing prices was caused by a bubble and this mechanism might collapse if housing prices fell in the future.
A different member noted that the fact that Japan's economy had been able to maintain its moderate expanding trend in recent years was largely attributable to monetary and fiscal policies having served to underpin the economy. This member then commented that it was important that the macroeconomic policy framework-- a policy mix of monetary and fiscal policies-- continue to be sustained.
A different member pointed out that the rate of decline in consumer prices had been diminishing significantly while that in the private consumption deflator, which was calculated by the chain-linking method, had not diminished much, commenting that the possible effects of the upcoming revision in August 2006 of the base year for calculating the CPI should not be underestimated.
A different member stated that, in order to effectively achieve economic growth, it was necessary for firms to cut back jobs with low productivity and profitability, and that in order to mitigate employment problems arising from such cutbacks, it was important to tighten labor market conditions through monetary easing.
A different member-- noting that there had been times when economic conditions deteriorated after central banks raised their policy rates and long-term interest rates consequently declined-- said that it was important at this point to persistently continue with powerful monetary easing, and that financial institutions also had begun to understand this line of thinking.
A different member said that consumer sentiment had tended to deteriorate due to increasing uncertainty about the employment situation, and in view of this, it was important to ensure a safety net to alleviate the anxiety of the household sector over the future and this could encourage households to spend more of their financial assets.
A different member expressed the view that it was likely that U.S. firms had accumulated excess capital stock and their employment costs had risen too high during the prolonged economic expansion, and thus many of these firms would start restricting their business fixed investment and reducing their workforce, which could negatively affect the household sector.
A different member said that market expectations for a recovery of Japan's economy might not be so strong given that(1) the recent developments in stock prices were merely due to buybacks after excessive selling, and(2) long-term interest rates were either generally level or were declining slightly.
A different member was of the opinion that, taking account of high uncertainties regarding the scheduled consumption tax hike and overseas economies, as well as the low possibility that the output gap would continue to widen within positive territory, it was necessary for yields on JGBs with maturities of 10 years and longer to be broadly lowered further in order to exert a stronger influence on the output gap.
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