The Bank’s View is approved at the MPM and published at 3:00 p.m. after the MPM, while the public statement is released immediately after the MPM. Interim assessments of the outlook as laid out in the previous Outlook Report are undertaken during the respective January and July MPMs, and these interim assessments are included in the public statements.
The Governor of the Bank, as Chairman of the Policy Board, holds a press conference usually from 3:30 p.m. on the last day of each MPM and explains the thinking behind the decisions made. A press conference summary (available only in Japanese) is then released on the following business day.