岸田首相、物価高対策で「国民の安心確保」　補正予算案が審議入り

　２０２２年度補正予算案は２５日、衆院本会議で財政演説と各党代表質問を行い、審議入りした。岸田文雄首相は原油価格・物価高騰に対し「状況は予断を許さない。不透明な状況に伴う予期せぬ財政需要に迅速に対応し、国民の安心を確保する」と述べた。立憲民主党の重徳和彦氏への答弁。
　首相は「実質購買力の低下を通じ、民間消費や企業活動を下押しするなど実体経済への影響が顕在化する可能性がある」との懸念も示した。自民党の福田達夫総務会長への答弁。
　首相の看板政策「新しい資本主義」をめぐっては、「ＮＩＳＡ（少額投資非課税制度）の抜本的拡充のほか新たな仕組みについて、６月までにビジョンを取りまとめ、どのような施策を講じていくか幅広い観点から検討を進めていく」と強調。金融所得課税の強化については「与党税制改正大綱で総合的に検討していく」と語った。（2022/05/25-19:02）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday vowed to give people a sense of security at a time when the country faces soaring prices of crude oil and other goods.
   "The (price) situation is unpredictable, and we will reassure people by swiftly responding to possible unexpected demand for fiscal spending that may arises under the current uncertain situation," Kishida told a plenary meeting of the House of Representatives.
   Deliberations on the government's draft fiscal 2022 supplementary budget kicked off at the meeting of the lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament, in which Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki delivered a fiscal policy speech and representatives from the ruling and opposition parties posed questions over the budget plan.
   The draft budget, which features general-account spending of 2,700.9 billion yen including for emergency measures to fight soaring prices, will be covered in full by deficit-covering government bonds. Under the draft budget, 1,520 billion yen is set aside to replenish reserve funds, part of which has already been used to finance some of the emergency measures.
   Kishida voiced concern that a decrease in people's real purchasing power may have negative effects on Japan's economy, such as by putting downward pressure on consumption and corporate activities.