来年度実質１．４％成長　経済対策で腰折れ回避―政府見通し

　政府は１８日の臨時閣議で、２０２０年度の国内総生産（ＧＤＰ）の成長率を、物価変動を除いた実質で前年度比１．４％とする経済見通しを了解した。米中貿易摩擦などを背景に海外経済が減速し、内需を支える個人消費や設備投資が落ち込むと懸念される。政府は公共事業などを盛り込んだ経済対策を実行し、景気の腰折れを回避する考えだ。（2019/12/18-18:01）

Japan's cabinet at an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday approved the government's estimate of 1.4 pct year-on-year real growth in the country's gross domestic product for fiscal 2020, which starts next April.
   The government aims to prevent economic deceleration by implementing a recently compiled stimulus package, including public works projects, amid concerns that slowing growth in overseas economies reflecting U.S.-China trade friction and other factors could affect private consumption and corporate capital spending in Japan.
   The government's economic outlook will serve as a basis for estimating tax revenue in the work to compile its fiscal 2020 budget.
   The Bank of Japan and many private-sector economists estimate real GDP growth for the year at less than one pct.
   The government revised up its projection from the 1.2 pct in July, expecting that the economic package will more than offset negative impacts from sluggish external demand.