The total amount of loans was increased to 20 trillion yen in March 2010. In terms of funds provision, the Bank has been providing ample funds through various fundssupplying operations, including the new operation. Furthermore, the Bank has made its stance clear that it will consistently maintain the extremely accommodative financial environment.
As for inflation expectations, the other determinant of prices, the Bank has, to prevent people’s expectations for prices from declining, clearly showed its stance, in the form of the “understanding of medium- to long-term price stability,” that it is critical to achieve a positive year-on-year rate of changes in the CPI.