boj minutes, 2005-01-19
Many members concurred that the current inventory adjustments in IT-related sectors would not be as severe as at the time of the bursting of the IT bubble in 2000-01 and were likely to be completed in or after spring 2005, since IT-related goods were being used in more types of goods and inventory adjustments of IT-related goods had started at a relatively early stage in terms of the levels of inventories accumulated.
Sentiment: neutral
Topic: mp_economic_activity