
米FRBは28日のFOMCで、政策金利の据え置きを決定した。米イラン紛争による原油高騰でインフレが加速するも、11月の中間選挙を控え緊急の利上げは見送り。一部理事が反対票を投じた。
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米連邦準備制度理事会(FRB)は連邦公開市場委員会(FOMC)で政策金利を決定した。
【ワシントン時事】米連邦準備制度理事会(FRB)は28日、連邦公開市場委員会(FOMC)で、政策金利を年3.75~4.00%で維持することを決めた。据え置きは2会合ぶり。混迷を深める米イラン紛争に伴う原油高騰を受けてインフレは加速したが、連続利上げに踏み切る緊急性はないと判断した。11月3日の中間選挙を控え、ひとまず様子見姿勢を取った。
植田日銀総裁、物価上振れ「容認できず」 2%目標に接近、利上げ継続
決定は賛成多数。根強いインフレ圧力を問題視するクックFRB理事ら2人が利上げを主張し、金利据え置きに反対票を投じた。
ウォーシュ議長はFOMC後の記者会見で、「インフレは高すぎる」と明言。「インフレ抑制が責務だ」と強調し、今後の追加利上げに含みを持たせた。
声明では「経済活動は強いペースで拡大している」と分析。今後、物価指標をはじめ多くの情報を得ることで「適切な金融政策スタンスを決められる」とし、今回の据え置きを正当化した。米原油相場は1バレル=100ドル超で推移しており、「不透明感は依然高い」と警戒感を示した。

A variety of breaking news from Japan and abroad, including the US Federal Reserve's insistence on keeping interest rates unchanged or raising interest rates, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5 on the Japanese scale in Chiba Prefecture, a train crash in Spain, and the Japan-Germany summit announcing the launch of AI dialogue.

On the 28th, the Consumer Affairs Agency announced that it had ordered four subsidiaries of Iida Group Holdings to pay a total of approximately 441 million yen in fines for violating the Act on Premiums and Representations (misperception of superiority) for displaying advertisements such as ``No. 1 custom-built housing company'' without conducting an objective investigation.

An economic mission led by Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Ken Kobayashi visits India. During his first dispatch in eight years, Mr. Kobayashi expressed his desire to expand the presence of Japanese small and medium-sized businesses in India, and to acquire Indian human resources to fill the growing shortage of human resources in Japan.

US AI company Anthropic files a prospectus with the SEC in preparation for its IPO. The amount raised could be $100 billion, the largest in history, and the company is expected to be listed on the Nasdaq in November.

JR Tokai, JR West, and JR Kyushu announced that 170,000 pieces of member information for their Shinkansen reservation services ``Express Reservation'' and ``Smart EX'' were leaked. The cause was unauthorized access to Ymir Link, which was outsourced to send emails.

The US Federal Reserve (FRB) is expected to hold a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on the 27th and 28th, leaving policy interest rates unchanged. Ahead of the mid-term elections on the 3rd of next month, the government is taking a wait-and-see approach even though inflation has accelerated. The December meeting after the election is expected to be the most likely date for further interest rate hikes.