(Forward Guidance for the Policy Rates)  0.0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 15 20 30 40 residual maturity, year   As for the policy rates, the Bank expects shortand long-term interest rates to remain at their present or lower levels as long as it is necessary to pay close attention to the possibility that the momentum toward achieving the price stability target will be lost.
Its work should have high priority. The group of large credit institutions also includes the mortgage banks. You are already comprised by special legislation to ensure that confidence in the mortgage-credit system is always intact. As you often point out yourselves, this system has stood the test of a couple of centuries.