景気、４地域で下方修正　サービス消費の回復鈍化―財務局経済報告

　財務省は２８日、全国財務局長会議をオンラインで開き、１１地域の財務局などによる管内経済情勢報告をまとめた。北海道、関東、九州、沖縄の４地域で景気判断を下方修正。新型コロナウイルスの感染急拡大に伴い、宿泊や飲食などサービス消費の回復ペースが鈍化した。
　全国の総括判断は前回「持ち直し」とした基調を維持した一方、「一部に弱さが見られる」との表現を追加した。報告は直近３カ月の景気を点検するもので、主に昨年１２月中旬から今年１月中旬にかけて聞き取り調査を実施。年明けに再発令された緊急事態宣言の影響も加味してまとめた。（2021/01/28-13:06）

Japan's Ministry of Finance revised down its economic assessments for four of the 11 regions in the country, a quarterly survey report by the ministry showed Thursday.
   The downward revisions for the Hokkaido, Kanto, Kyushu and Okinawa regions came as the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus slowed the pace of recovery in consumption in the accommodation, restaurant and other services sectors.
   The ministry kept unchanged from its previous report released in October 2020 its basic view that the Japanese economy as a whole is picking up, while adding an expression that weakness is seen in some parts.
   The report, designed to check economic conditions in the past three months in the 11 regions, was compiled at the day's online meeting of heads of the ministry's local finance bureaus. Each bureau conducted hearings mainly between mid-December and mid-January.
   The impact of the Japanese government's declaration in early January of a state of emergency over the coronavirus epidemic is reflected in the latest report. The government issued such a declaration for the second time after the one in spring last year.