Wu said that the summary of the opinions of the members reviewed at the Bank of Japan's monetary policy meeting in December indicates that the current financial policy mainly maintains the status quo and needs to dynamically adjust the degree of easing based on economic and price data. Domestically, the focus is on wages, service prices, and consumption trends, while overseas, attention is on the new U.S. administration's policies and changes in the financial market. Although the risk of rising prices has increased, it has not reached the level of an urgent need for interest rate hikes. The pace of future rate increases must comprehensively consider economic objectives and risk assessments.