To prepare for uncertainties accompanying the scheduled consumption tax hike and overseas economic outlook, the Bank clarified its forward guidance and decided to implement measures contributing to the continuation of monetary easing at the Monetary See, for example, Kato Azusa and Kono Ryutaro, "Economic Spotlight, keitai ryōkin 4 wari hikisage no inpakuto: CPI ni wa 0.3 pointo teido no inpakuto ka," BNP Paribas Securities (Japan) Limited, April 2019 and Tonouchi Shuji, "Fandamentaruzu nabigētā, keitai shinryōkin ni yoru CPI shitaoshi kōka wa yahari genteiteki to narisō," Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, April 2019.
20  18  Policy Meeting held on April 25, 2019.21 I considered it desirable to clarify the forward guidance but continued to oppose the policy proposal.