In addition, as for ETF purchases, from the same aspect of enhancing the sustainability of the current monetary policy framework, the Bank made it clear that it might increase or decrease the amount of purchases depending on market conditions, while maintaining the annual pace of increase at about 6 trillion yen.
The aim of these policy measures is to strengthen the sustainability of the current powerful monetary easing, taking into account the side effects. The Bank recognizes that the effects of monetary easing will be strengthened as a whole, in consideration of this sustainability.