Annual Review 2014
August 29, 2014
Bank of Japan
The Annual Review 2014 provides an overview of the Bank of Japan's organization and business operations, a review of its implementation of business operations and organizational management in fiscal 2013 (April 1, 2013-March 31, 2014), and a description of the Bank's accounts for the fiscal year.
Contents
- Foreword by the Governor [PDF 450KB]
- About the Bank of Japan [PDF 2,302KB]
- I. Core Purposes
- II. Capital
- III. The Bank's Officers
- IV. Organization
- The Bank's Business Operations [PDF 1,654KB]
- I. Monetary Policy
- II. Financial System Policy
- III. Enhancement of Payment and Settlement Systems and Market Infrastructure
- IV. International Operations
- V. Issuance, Circulation, and Maintenance of Banknotes
- VI. Services Relating to the Government
- VII. Communication with the Public
- The Bank's Review of Fiscal 2013 [PDF 1,657KB]
- I. Introduction
- II. Review of Economic and Financial Developments and Monetary Policy Meetings
- III. Progress in Addressing Issues and Implementing Action Plans
- The Bank's Organizational Management in Fiscal 2013 [PDF 1,796KB]
- I. Statement of Accounts and Budget for Expenses
- II. IT Investment
- III. Human Resources
- IV. Organizational Management Measures
- V. Internal Audits
- The Bank's Accounts: Financial Statements and Other Documents for Fiscal 2013 [PDF 2,910KB]
- I. Assets and Liabilities, Profits and Losses, and Capital Adequacy Ratio
- II. Financial Statements
- III. Schedule for the Financial Statements
- IV. Expenses
- Appendixes [PDF 1,796KB]
- Appendix 1: Overview of Audits of the Bank of Japan
- Appendix 2: The Bank of Japan's Strategic Priorities for Fiscal 2014-2018
Foreword by the Governor
The Bank of Japan has two missions, to achieve price stability and ensure the stability of the financial system. On the price stability side, the Bank has been steadily pursuing quantitative and qualitative monetary easing to achieve the "price stability target" of 2 percent in terms of the year-on-year rate of change in the consumer price index. The Bank works to fulfill the two missions by conducting, besides monetary policy, business operations in a wide range of areas such as financial system and bank examination, payment and settlement systems, market infrastructure, international finance, banknotes, treasury funds and Japanese government securities (JGS) services, and public communications. The Bank pursues its various policies through the precise and deliberate execution of these central banking operations.
The Annual Review provides excerpts from the Japanese original Gyoumu Gaikyo Sho (Outline of Business Operations), which is prepared pursuant to Article 55 of the Bank of Japan Act. The Gyoumu Gaikyo Sho for fiscal 2013 and the Annual Review 2014 have been drawn up and released to explain to readers the implementation of the Bank's business operations during fiscal 2013. Throughout the year, the Bank continued to address various issues and move forward with a number of action plans, while ensuring the timely conduct of its business operations and organizational management in view of changes in circumstances. At the end of fiscal 2013, the Bank released "The Bank of Japan's Strategic Priorities for Fiscal 2014-2018," describing the basic principles for its business operations and organizational management during this five-year period. The Bank will proceed with its efforts as the country's central bank to achieve the sustainable growth and development of Japan's economy. I hope this year's Annual Review will help readers to gain an overview of the Bank's efforts.
Haruhiko Kuroda
Governor of the Bank of Japan
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