Bank of Japan monetary policy meeting 'Summary of Opinions' of the January meeting

The minutes of this meeting will be out in around 7.5 weeks (March 24), the summary is a good guide to what was discusses.

The Bank remained on hold at this meeting, with a policy review due in March.

• Summary of Opinions at the Monetary Policy Meeting on January 20 and 21, 2021

Headlines via Reuters

• BoJ must strengthen easing stance as risk of deflation has heightened further
• One board member said the Bank should consider anew the cumulative effects of easy policy on matters such as financial intermediation, market functioning.

• must consider how to balance the effects and side-effects of its policy