On the domestic side, developments in the financial system and their influences on stock prices, corporate finance, and the economy continue to require careful monitoring. On the price front, import prices and domestic corporate goods prices have turned to decline, mainly reflecting crude oil prices that fell back in early spring.
The rate of decline in corporate services prices  1  This report is based on data and information available at the time of the Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Meeting held on June 10 and 11, 2003.