On Wednesday last week, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced an economic stimulus package worth more than 28 trillion yen (US$265 billion), designed to jump-start Japan’s economy.
According to reports by Bloomberg and Koydo News agencies, on Wednesday in Fukuoka, Abe announced that his government would have a stimulus package drawn up by the following week.
The package will then be handed over to the National Diet; a mere formality since Abe’s ruling coalition holds a majority in both the upper and lower houses, which guarantees that the economic bill will pass through parliament.
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AFP reported that prior to Abe’s announcement of the stimulus package, the yen fell sharply against the US dollar following a report that Japan’s government was about to implement a package of stimulus measures designed to boost the country’s depressed economy.
(CNA, TRANSLATED BY EDWARD JONES)
日本首相安倍晉三上週三宣布規模超過二十八兆日圓(兩千六百五十億美元)經濟刺激計畫提振經濟。
根據彭博及共同社報導,安倍晉三上週三在福岡表示,下週會編制這項計畫。
送交國會只是走個形式,因為執政聯盟在兩院占有多數,經濟方案必定會過關。
法新社報導,在安倍晉三宣布經濟方案前,日圓兌美元重貶,因有報導指出日本政府將祭出刺激計畫,提振委靡不振的經濟。
(中央社)
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