「格差改善につながらず」　立民、アベノミクス検証

　立憲民主党は２１日、安倍晋三前首相の経済政策「アベノミクス」に関する検証報告を発表した。「金持ちをさらに大金持ちに、強い者をさらに強くしただけに終わり、格差や貧困問題の改善にはつながらなかった」と批判。「日本経済が混迷から抜け出せない最大の要因だ」と総括した。
　報告は、安倍政権下の２０１４年４月と１９年１０月の２度の消費税増税についても「需要を喚起しなければならないにもかかわらず、ＧＤＰ（国内総生産）の半分以上を占める消費を腰折れさせた」と断じた。
　立民の枝野幸男代表は記者団にアベノミクスについて「失敗だ。抜本的に変えない限り、日本経済の低迷を抜け出すことはできない」と強調。衆院選で消費税率５％への時限的な引き下げや大企業への課税強化を目玉政策とする考えを示した。
　国・地方の基礎的財政収支（ＰＢ）を２５年度に黒字化するとの政府目標に関し、枝野氏は「財政規律は重要だが、経済を立て直し、暮らしを守ることを優先せざるを得ない」として、政権交代を果たせばＰＢ目標を凍結する意向を表明した。（2021/09/21-11:33）

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan said in a report released Tuesday that Abenomics did not help close the economic gap in Japan.
   In the report that examined former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policy mix, the country's largest opposition party claimed that Abenomics did not lead to any rectification of disparities or improvement of the poverty situation, saying, "The rich became even richer and those with power just ended up with more power."
   The report concluded that Abenomics was the "main reason" why the Japanese economy is still in a state of turmoil.
   Abenomics comprises "three arrows"--bold monetary easing, timely fiscal spending and a growth strategy that spurs private-sector investment. Current Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who succeeded Abe in September 2020 and is set to leave office soon, took over the reflationary economic policy from his predecessor.
   The Abe administration raised the country's consumption tax rate in April 2014 and again in October 2019 "even though it was supposed to take measures to spur consumer demand," the CDP said in the report, adding that the tax hikes "ruined consumption, which makes up over a half of the country's gross domestic product."