Group 1 - The Bank of Japan's Governor Ueda Kazuo indicated that if the economy improves as expected, the central bank will continue to raise the benchmark interest rate, which has strengthened the yen [1] - Ueda stated that the central bank has lowered its economic and inflation outlook due to increased uncertainty, particularly related to trade policy risks, but still expects core inflation to gradually approach 2% in the latter half of the forecast period [1][2] - Japan's core CPI accelerated to 3.5% year-on-year in April, marking three consecutive years of meeting or exceeding the central bank's target, with expectations for May data to continue this trend [1] Group 2 - Ueda highlighted that Japan is experiencing a second round of supply shocks due to soaring food prices, which requires close monitoring, particularly the transmission effect of food inflation on core inflation [2] - The government plans to release more rice reserves to stabilize the market and has introduced energy subsidies covering gasoline, natural gas, and electricity to alleviate household financial pressure [2] - The Bank of Japan halved its growth forecast for the current fiscal year and postponed the timeline for achieving its inflation target by one year, which was interpreted as a dovish signal [3]

目前比过去30年来的任何时候都更接近通胀目标。 日本央行行长植田和男：日本正在努力应对实现2%通胀目标的挑战。 ...

Group 1 - The central bank of Israel will determine the interest rate path based on inflation trends towards its target, the stability of financial markets, economic activity, and the state of fiscal policy [1]

欧洲央行管委内格尔：仍有望在2025年前实现2%的通胀目标。 ...

欧洲央行管委兼德国央行行长Nagel：仍有望于2025年实现2%的通胀目标。 利率不再被称为限制性。 在货币政策上需要保持谨慎。 ...

欧洲央行会议纪要：预计通胀率在今年剩余时间内将接近2%的通胀目标。 ...

欧洲央行管委Vujcic：预计2026年初达到2%的通胀目标。 ...

欧洲央行管委Vujcic：我预计到2025年底将接近2%的通胀目标。 ...

欧洲央行管委Vujcic：通胀率正缓慢向2%目标靠拢。 ...

智通财经5月22日电，日本央行审议委员野口旭表示，数据显示，通胀目标正在稳步接近。 ...