需要不足１８兆円　昨年１０～１２月期―内閣府

　内閣府は２６日、日本経済の潜在的な供給力と実際の需要の差を示す「需給ギャップ」が、２０２０年１０～１２月期にマイナス３．３％になったとの推計を発表した。金額に換算すると年１８兆円程度の需要不足に相当する。１０～１２月期実質ＧＤＰ（国内総生産）速報値は年率換算で前期比１２．７％増の２桁成長だったが、新型コロナウイルス感染拡大による打撃の影響で不足額はなお大きい。
　需要不足は２０年４～６月期に年５９兆円程度と、推計を行っている１９８０年以降で過去最悪となり、７～９月期は年３４兆円程度だった。西村康稔経済財政担当相は２６日午前の記者会見で「依然として大きな需要不足があり、（経済の）回復は道半ばだ」と述べた。（2021/02/26-10:40）

Japan's demand shortfall, or an excess of potential supply capacity over actual demand in the economy, in October-December last year is estimated to have come to around 18 trillion yen on an annualized basis, the Cabinet Office said Friday.
   The output gap stood at minus 3.3 pct in the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the government agency said.
   Although a preliminary report by the Cabinet Office showed that Japan's real gross domestic product in October-December jumped 12.7 pct from the previous quarter at an annual rate, the demand shortfall was still large due to impacts from the novel coronavirus epidemic.
   The annual shortfall in demand came to some 59 trillion yen in April-June 2020, hitting the worst level since the government agency started calculating such estimates in 1980. The shortfall stood at some 34 trillion yen in July-September in the same year.
   "We're still facing a major demand shortfall, and the (economic) recovery is only halfway done," economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura told a press conference on Friday.