Hirohide Yamaguchi: Japan’s economy and monetary policy Speech by Mr Hirohide Yamaguchi, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan, at a Meeting with Business Leaders, Kagoshima, 24 February 2010. *  *  *  Introduction I am honored today to have this opportunity to speak and to exchange views with business leaders in Kagoshima Prefecture.
I will express my gratitude for your cooperation in interviews with the staffers from the Kagoshima Branch and for the Bank of Japan’s surveys. Information obtained from these interviews and surveys is invaluable and utilized fully in assessing economic and financial developments and conducting monetary policy. Kagoshima Prefecture and the Bank have a deep-rooted relationship.