Today, in accordance with Article 17 of the Bank of Japan Act, the Chairman of the Policy Board decided to call an unscheduled Monetary Policy Meeting as follows. Time: Friday, May 22, 2020, from 9:00 a.m. Purpose: To discuss monetary control matters, based on the report by the Bank staff, in response to the instruction by the Chairman at the Monetary Policy Meeting held on April 27, 2020, on a possible new measure to provide funds to financial institutions. (full story)