Hirohide Yamaguchi: Recent economic and financial developments and the conduct of monetary policy Speech by Mr Hirohide Yamaguchi, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan, at a meeting with business leaders, Hakodate, 22 July 2009. *  *  *  Introduction I am honored to have this opportunity to speak today before business leaders in Hakodate and the Donan area.
I would like to express my gratitude for your cooperation in interviews with staff from the Hakodate Branch and in the Bank of Japan's surveys. Information obtained from these interviews and surveys is very valuable and utilized fully in appropriately assessing economic and financial developments and conducting monetary policy.