「景気、持ち直している」　黒田日銀総裁、コロナ禍点検―支店長会議

　日銀は７日、テレビ会議方式で秋の支店長会議を開き、新型コロナウイルス感染者数の減少も考慮して地域経済の回復状況を点検した。黒田東彦総裁は冒頭のあいさつで、景気の現状を「引き続き厳しい状態にあるが、基調としては持ち直している」と指摘した。消費者物価の先行きについては「エネルギー価格などの上昇を反映して小幅のプラスに転じていく」と語った。
　黒田総裁は、日本経済について感染症の影響が徐々に和らいでいく中で、外需の増加などに支えられて回復していくとの見方を示した。その上で「感染症の影響が収束していけば、所得から支出への前向きの循環メカニズムが強まる下で、さらに成長を続ける」と述べた。（2021/10/07-11:19）

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda cited a pickup of the Japanese economy at a meeting of BOJ branch managers Thursday.
   "Japan's economy remains in a severe situation but is picking up as a trend," he said at the start of the one-day quarterly meeting, held via a videoconferencing system. Consumer prices in the nation are expected to bounce back and register moderate growth reflecting rising prices of energy and other products, he added.
   At the virtual meeting, chiefs of the central bank's branches across the country exchanged views on the level of recovery in regional economies at a time when new cases of novel coronavirus infection continue decreasing.
   As the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic wanes gradually, the Japanese economy will recover, partly thanks to a rise in demand from abroad, Kuroda suggested. "If the effect of the COVID-19 crisis subsides, the positive mechanism of incomes being used for consumption will gain momentum and the economy will grow further," he said.
   The BOJ will release later Thursday a report analyzing the economic situations in the country's nine regions.