景気判断、８地域で据え置き　原材料高に懸念も―日銀報告

　日銀は６日、秋の支店長会議を開き、全国９地域の景気動向をまとめた地域経済報告（さくらリポート）を公表した。景気判断は中国地方で引き上げ、その他８地域は据え置き。海外のロックダウン（都市封鎖）解除に伴う生産制約の緩和や、新型コロナウイルスの感染抑制と経済活動の両立が進んでいると指摘した。
　一方で各地の企業からは、資源高や円安などを背景にした原材料高と物価上昇をめぐる懸念も示された。
　項目別に見ると、個人消費は中国地方が引き上げ、近畿は引き下げ、その他７地域は据え置きだった。コロナ感染の再拡大で消費活動が下押しされたものの、行動制限がなかったことで過去の感染拡大期より影響は小さかった。（2022/10/06-18:28）

The Bank of Japan left its economic assessment unchanged for eight of the country's nine regions in a quarterly report released Thursday.
   For the Chugoku western region, the central bank revised up its view following an easing of constraints on production thanks to the lifting of COVID-19 lockdowns overseas.
   In the Regional Economic Report, adopted at the day's meeting of BOJ branch managers, the bank's assessment on consumption was raised for Chugoku, lowered for the Kinki western region and kept unchanged for the seven other regions.
   Consumption was dampened by a resurgence of the novel coronavirus. But its impact was smaller than the effects seen during previous waves of infections, due to the absence of movement restrictions linked to COVID-19 in the summer holiday season.
   The assessment on production was raised for the Kanto-Koshinetsu eastern to central region, Chugoku and the Shikoku western region as the difficulties in procuring parts resulting from the COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai eased. In the Chugoku region in particular, signs of pickup were observed mainly in the automobile sector.