• Basic mechanism of Japan economy returning to recovery remains unchanged
  • European debt crisis affecting Japan economy through trade path
  • Concerns of financial backdrops against European debt crisis not completely erased
  • European debt crsis could have significant impact on global economy if solution delayed
  • Need to boost growth to improve Japan’s fiscal condition
  • Need to reconstruct Japan’s fiscal structure
  • Sees stronger sense of stagnation in European economies
  • Declines in fiscal credibility would be a huge shock to economy
  • Financial markets as a whole stable after N.Korean leader’s death
  • Fact that JGBs mostly held by Japanese doesn’t mean JGBS safe
  • Will continue to watch carefully geopolitical riska in Asia
  • BOJ will keep making policy with eye on price, financial stability next year
  • Must be alert to cautious business outlook indicated by firms in Tankan
  • Recent rise in bids for BOJ dollar funding operations due to decline in costs
  • Japanese banks have no problem in raising dollars

Dow Jones reporting.