ウクライナ情勢を警戒　「成長に下方リスク」―日中韓ＡＳＥＡＮ

　日本と中国、韓国、東南アジア諸国連合（ＡＳＥＡＮ）の財務相・中央銀行総裁は１２日、オンラインで会議を開き、ウクライナ情勢の景気に対する悪影響に警戒感を示す共同声明を採択した。声明では、食糧やエネルギー価格の高騰などを指摘し「域内の貿易や成長に下方リスクをもたらし得る」と強調した。
　声明ではリスク要因として、先進国の金融引き締めや半導体などのサプライチェーン（供給網）混乱も挙げた。その上で、コロナ禍からの持続的な経済回復には各国による「支援政策の継続が不可欠」との認識を示した。（2022/05/12-18:09）

Financial chiefs of Japan, China, South Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations issued a joint statement Thursday expressing wariness over the fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war on the regional economy.
   "Rising food and energy prices aggravated by the current Russia-Ukraine conflict may pose downside risks to the outlook for the region's trade and investment, growth, and inflation," the East and Southeast Asian finance ministers and central bankers said in the statement adopted at an online meeting.
   They also cited "sharper-than-expected" monetary tightening in some major economies and prolonged supply chain disruptions as sources of their concern.
   Then they underscored the importance of continuing "supportive policies" to alleviate the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic and strengthen a sustained economic recovery.
   From Japan, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda took part in the meeting.