物価２％、２３年も困難　コロナで経済下押し―黒田日銀総裁

　黒田東彦日銀総裁は１６日の衆院財務金融委員会で、２％の物価安定目標について「２０２３年でも達するのは難しい」との認識を示した。日銀の大規模金融緩和で経済情勢が好転したと強調した上で、「（新型コロナウイルス）感染症の影響でだいぶ（経済が）下押しされた」と説明した。黒田氏が２３年の物価見通しを示すのは初めて。（2021/02/16-18:44）

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said Tuesday that it will be difficult for the BOJ to achieve its 2 pct inflation goal "even in 2023."
   He made the remark at a meeting of the Financial Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament.
   It is the first time for Kuroda to show his price estimate for 2023.
   When he became BOJ governor in 2013, Kuroda vowed to achieve the 2 pct price target within two years. But his remark on Tuesday suggests that the target will not be met before his term of office as BOJ governor ends in April 2023.
   At the committee meeting, Kuroda said that the novel coronavirus crisis pushed down the economy considerably while noting that the central bank's ultraeasy monetary policy has helped improve economic activities.