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Central banks and finance ministries outline policy priorities

BOJ Governor Ueda said underlying inflation is nearing 2% and that the policy rate was raised to about 1.25% last month. He said the Bank will continue raising it according to economic, price and financial conditions. 1

Finance Minister Katayama said the funding for lowering the consumption tax rate on food and beverages will be secured without special deficit-financing bonds, as set out in the outline approved by cabinet on 15 September. 1

Japan's foreign reserves at end-September 2026 were $1,178,396 million, down $29,128 million from end-August. 1

The U.S. goods and services trade deficit rose from $92.8 billion in July (revised) to $105.6 billion in August 2026, as imports increased more than exports. 1

The Basel Committee approved final standards on machine-readable Pillar 3 disclosures at its 28-29 September meeting. It also agreed to consult on additional Pillar 2 guidance on interest rate risk in the banking book. 1

ECB's Elderson said outstanding supervisory measures at significant banks had risen to around 12,000 by end-2025, and that low-severity findings now only require banks to confirm compliance. ECB's Cipollone presented the digital euro, Pontes and Appia as one strategy for central bank money. 1 2

Cited releases · 7

BoJSpeechOct 6, 2026JA

[Address] (National Securities Convention) AIAI translation

AI Governor Ueda stated that Japan's economy is recovering moderately and that underlying inflation is approaching 2 percent. He noted that last month the Bank raised its policy interest rate to around 1.25 percent and said it will continue raising the rate and adjusting the degree of monetary easing in line with economic, price and financial conditions. He also said he expects the securities industry to support corporate value enhancement, support household asset building and financial literacy, and respond to advances in digital technology.

ECBReleaseOct 6, 2026EN

Frank Elderson: Effective supervision through timely remediation

AI In a contribution to a panel at the 17th FMA Supervisory Conference in Vienna on 6 October 2026, Frank Elderson argues that simplification and effective supervision reinforce each other, with ECB Banking Supervision focusing on material risks, requiring timely and durable remediation of all findings, and escalating to more intrusive tools such as capital requirements, business restrictions or periodic penalty payments where weaknesses persist. He notes that outstanding measures across significant banks had risen to around 12,000 by the end of 2025, about 100 per bank on average, and that low-severity findings now only require banks to confirm compliance without submitting further documentation.

ECBReleaseOct 6, 2026EN

Piero Cipollone: Money in the digital age: digital euro, tokenisation and the role of central banks

AI In this speech of 6 October 2026, ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone argues that central bank money should be extended into the digital environment while preserving the two-tier system in which public and private money coexist. He presents the digital euro for retail payments, and Pontes and Appia for wholesale tokenised finance, as parts of one strategy to keep central bank money at the heart of retail and wholesale finance and to strengthen European resilience and autonomy.

BEAReleaseOct 6, 2026EN

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, August 2026

MOFReleaseOct 7, 2026JA

Summary of the Press Conference by Minister of Finance Katayama following the Cabinet Meeting (Tuesday, October 6, 2026) AIAI translation

AI At the press conference after the Cabinet meeting on October 6, 2026, Finance Minister Katayama explained that funding for the consumption tax rate cut on food and beverages will be secured without relying on special deficit-financing bonds, as set out in the outline approved by the Cabinet on September 15. He also answered questions on the possible leak of about 220,000 Daiwa Securities customer records, the surge in low-value import parcels, the review of unlisted share valuation, the Park24 personal data leak and tax-law record-keeping obligations, and sovereign wealth funds.

MOFReleaseOct 7, 2026JA

Status of Foreign Reserves and Related Assets (as of End of September, Reiwa 8 [2026]) AIAI translation

AI The Ministry of Finance announced that Japan's foreign reserves at the end of September 2026 stood at USD 1,178,396 million, a decrease of USD 29,128 million from the end of August. The reserves comprised foreign currency assets of USD 976,913 million, an IMF reserve position of USD 11,344 million, SDRs of USD 60,783 million, gold of USD 113,592 million (27.20 million troy ounces) and other reserve assets of USD 15,764 million; other foreign currency assets were USD 35,110 million.

FSAReleaseOct 7, 2026JA

Publication of the Summary of Discussions by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision AIAI translation

AI The Financial Services Agency announced that the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published the record of its meeting held on 28-29 September 2026 (Reiwa 8). At the meeting, members exchanged views on developments in artificial intelligence and related topics, approved the annual assessment of global systemically important banks, revisions to curb end-of-period window-dressing, and the final standard on machine-readable Pillar 3 disclosures, and agreed to consult on additional Pillar 2 guidance on interest rate risk in the banking book and to present an update by year-end on the targeted review of the prudential standard for banks' crypto-asset exposures.