「高い緊張感で注視」　円安進行で鈴木財務相

　鈴木俊一財務相は２１日の閣議後記者会見で、円相場が１ドル＝１５０円台に下落したことに関連し、「為替市場の動向を高い緊張感を持って注視し、過度な変動に対しては適切な対応を取りたい」と語った。
　一方、消費者物価指数の上昇が続いていることに関しては、「（月内に策定する総合経済対策で）エネルギー、食料品などの価格高騰から国民生活、事業活動を守る対応をしていきたい」と述べた。（2022/10/21-11:21）

Japan is watching foreign exchange market moves with vigilance, Minister of Finance Shunichi Suzuki said Friday, with the dollar staying above 150 yen in Tokyo.
   "We are closely monitoring the moves on the foreign exchange market with a high sense of tension," Suzuki told a press conference. "We'll take appropriate measures against excessive fluctuations."
   After hitting a 32-year high of 150.29 yen in New York trading Thursday, the dollar remained at similar levels for much of Friday morning trading in Tokyo.
   On a continued rise in the country's consumer price index, Suzuki said that an envisioned economic package, to be compiled by the end of this month, will include measures to protect people's lives and businesses from soaring food and energy prices.
   "Fiscal confidence is of the utmost importance," Suzuki stressed, discussing British Prime Minister Liz Truss's announcement of resignation following market turmoil triggered by her economic policies.