boj minutes, 2004-03-16
Long-term interest rates rose temporarily to around 1.4 percent partly due to the rise in stock prices and the depreciation of the yen against the U.S. dollar, falling back thereafter partly due to the decline in U.S. long-term interest rates, and were recently in the range of 1.25-1.30 percent.
Sentiment: neutral
Topic: mp_interest_rate