The Summary is published a week after a Bank of Japan meeting
- Precedes the full Minutes
- Minutes for this meeting are due on February 3
- The post on the Statement from the meeting is here: BOJ - monetary policy held steady, upgrades economic assessment
Headlines via Bloomberg from the Summary:
- One member: Early use of fixed-rate op proves difficulty of yield curve control
- One BOJ member: weak yen only pushes up prices in short run
- One member: Japan growth rate for FY17 to accelerate further
- One member: Japan at 'critical juncture' to achieve price target
- One member: improvement in private consumption is evident
- One member: US economy may accelerate further under new president
- One BOJ member: Pick up in manufacturing has been seen globally
- One member: BOJ should firmly maintain current policy stance
- One member: Long way to go to achieve 2% price target
- One member: Yield curve has been formed smoothly
(Its in point form, quite easy reading)