野田寬鬆刺激經濟,日本各政黨各懷鬼胎

JAPANESE Economy Minister Seiji Maehara said the country needs more monetary easing and policy efforts to encourage growth as the government prepares for election against an opposition that has stronger public support.

日本經濟大臣前原誠司表示，正當政府爲競選做準備而忽視公衆強烈支持的提議，該國需要更爲寬鬆的貨幣政策和政治努力去促進經濟增長。

The government plans to inject about 200 billion yen (US$2.5 billion) into the economy, Maehara said on a Fuji Television program yesterday, without giving details on the source of those funds. Spending this fiscal year includes 910 billion yen of stimulus programs requiring parliament's approval, 400 billion yen for earthquake recovery and a further 347.8 billion yen, he said.

前原誠司昨天在富士電視臺節目上說，政府計劃向經濟注入約200億日元（25億美元），沒有詳細說明這些資金的來源。今年財政支出包括需要國會批准的9100億日元的經濟刺激計劃，4000億日元用於震後恢復和之後進一步恢復的3478億日元，他說。

"There are fiscal-easing moves worldwide, but on a monetary basis Japan is falling short," Maehara said. While "easing is not a panacea," without that and policy moves Japan's sovereign credit rating may face a downgrade.

“世界各地都進行着財政寬鬆的政策，但日本的貨幣儲備不足，”前原誠司說。然而“寬鬆也不是萬能的，”沒有那個和政治政策，日本的主權信用評級可能面臨降級。

The government on October 12 issued a downgraded assessment of Japan's economy for a third month, the longest streak since the 2009 global recession, as gains in the yen and slowing overseas demand hurt exporters. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who last week ordered his Cabinet to draw up economic stimulus measures by November, failed to reach a deal with the two largest opposition parties on passing legislation needed to fund spending amid a standoff over the timing of a general election.

政府於10月12日發表了第三個月日本經濟的降級評估，自2009年全球經濟衰退以來最長的一段時期，日元儲備和海外市場需求放緩傷害了出口。首相野田佳彥上週下令內閣制定到11月的經濟刺激措施，在換屆選舉的對峙中兩個最大的反對黨以通過立法需要資金支持爲由，未能達成協議。

Noda met on Friday with Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe and New Komeito head Natsuo Yamaguchi. The two parties supported legislation passed in August doubling the 5 percent sales tax in return for Noda's pledge to call elections ''soon'' and are blocking authorization of deficit-financing bonds until the premier follows through.

野田佳彥上週五會見了民黨領袖安倍晉三和新公明黨領袖夏雄山口。雙方支持8月份通過的5％的銷售稅加倍的立法，以換取野田關於選舉“儘快”進行以及阻止赤字融資券授權的承諾，直到首相通過。