日央行再度維持 0.1%利率不變
The Bank of Japan has kept monetary policy steady at its final meeting for the year and remained upbeat about the economic outlook.
日本央行(BoJ)在年內最後一次會議上維持貨幣政策不變，同時繼續對經濟前景表示樂觀。
The Japanese central bank left interest rates unchanged, as expected, at minus 0.1 per cent,
日本央行像預期那樣，維持-0.1%的利率不變。
which is where they have been since the BoJ took them into negative territory in January as
今年1月，爲了刺激國內增長和通脹，日本央行開始了負利率實驗。
it experimented with negative rates in an effort to spur domestic growth and inflation.
日本利率自那時進入負區以來一直沒有發生變化。
Analysts had been more interested about whether and how the recent depreciation in the yen and rally in oil prices might influence domestic inflation and price expectations, and whether there might be any alteration to the BoJ’s bond yield target.
令分析師更感興趣的是，近來的日元貶值和油價上漲是否、如何可能影響國內通脹和價格預期，以及日本央行的債券收益率目標是否可能發生變化。
The BoJ reiterated that Japan’s economy continued its moderate recovery trend and that that exports have picked up thanks to a moderate pace of growth in overseas economies.
日本央行重申，日本經濟正在延續溫和的復甦態勢，而鑑於海外經濟體的溫和增長速度，日本出口已出現回升。
Policymakers also struck a more upbeat tone,
政策制定者也表達了更樂觀的看法。
noting the year-on-year change in the consumer price index (CPI, all items excluding fresh food) has been slightly negative although inflation expectations have remained in a weakening phase.
他們指出，消費價格指數（CPI，剔除了所有新鮮食品）年同比略微降低，不過，通脹預期仍處於弱化階段。
That former might be considered a slight improvement from their previous meeting
人們認爲，年同比CPI變化較上一次會議有了些許改善。
where the BoJ said price momentum appeared somewhat weaker than the previous outlook.
日本央行在上次會議上表示，價格趨勢似乎多少弱於之前的展望。
