経済回復、確かなものに　鈴木財務相が財政演説

　鈴木俊一財務相は２５日午後、一般会計総額２兆７００９億円となる２０２２年度補正予算案の国会提出を受け、衆院本会議で財政演説を行った。補正予算案には物価高騰への緊急対策を盛り込んだ。鈴木氏は「円滑な価格転嫁や賃上げを促し、コロナ禍からの経済社会活動の回復を確かなものとする」と強調した。（2022/05/25-13:15）

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki vowed in a fiscal policy speech Wednesday to ensure the country's economic recovery from the slump caused by the novel coronavirus crisis.
   The speech, delivered at a plenary meeting of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament, followed the submission to the Diet earlier in the day of the government's fiscal 2022 supplementary budget, which calls for general-account spending of 2,700.9 billion yen including for emergency measures to fight soaring prices.
   "We'll encourage (companies) to pass higher costs on to prices (of their products and services) smoothly and raise wages, with the aim of ensuring the restoration of economic and social activities from the slump blamed on the COVID-19 pandemic," Suzuki said.
   He noted that economic uncertainty is increasing due partly to surging prices of crude oil and grain following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
   The situation "could significantly hamper the recovery of economic and social activities," Suzuki warned.