东京，10月22日电：一项调查显示，与三个月前相比，日本主要贷款机构看到企业借款人对资金的需求有所增加，表明日本央行近期的加息尚未收紧金融条件。
TOKYO, Oct 22 : Major Japanese lenders see increased demand for funds among corporate borrowers compared with three months ago, a survey showed on Thursday, indicating the central bank's recent interest rate hikes have yet to tighten financial conditions.
金融条件在预测日本央行下一次加息时点方面变得日益重要。该行表示，将审视过去的加息如何影响企业融资，以评估其政策利率距离被视为对经济中性的水平有多近。
Financial conditions are becoming increasingly important in predicting the timing of the Bank of Japan's next rate hike. The bank has said it will scrutinise how past increases affect corporate funding to assess how close its rate is from a level it deems neutral to the economy.
在日本央行于9月9日至10月13日进行的一项调查中，衡量看到企业资金需求上升的主要银行比例与看到需求下降的比例之差的扩散指数为+3，而三个月前的调查中该指数为-1。
In a survey, that the BOJ conducted over September 9 through October 13, a diffusion index measuring the ratio of major banks that saw corporate fund demand rise versus those seeing demand shrink stood at +3, compared with -1 in a survey three months earlier.
正数读数表明，看到企业资金需求增加的银行多于看到需求下降的银行。
A positive reading indicates more banks saw corporate fund demand increase compared with those that saw demand fall.
日本央行于9月18日将政策利率上调至1.25%，为31年来的最高水平，并发出信号，表明将转向专注于防范通胀超过其2%目标风险的政策。
The BOJ raised its policy interest rate to a 31-year high of 1.25 per cent on September 18 and signalled a pivot towards a policy focusing on forestalling risk of inflation overshooting its 2 per cent target.