改定方針「事実ない」　政府・日銀の共同声明―松野官房長官

　松野博一官房長官は１９日の記者会見で、デフレ脱却と経済成長に関する政府・日銀の共同声明改定を巡る報道に関し「そのような方針を固めた事実はない」と否定した。松野氏は「物価安定の下での持続的な経済成長の実現に向け、引き続き日銀と連携しながら取り組む」と述べた。（2022/12/19-11:54）

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno on Monday denied news reports that the government has decided to revise its joint statement with the Bank of Japan stipulating a target of 2 pct inflation.
   "It's not true we've made such a decision," Matsuno told a press conference. "We'll continue to work in cooperation with the BOJ to realize sustainable economic growth with price stability."
   Reports have circulated over the weekend that the government is set to revise the statement released in January 2013, based on which the BOJ launched aggressive monetary easing under Governor Haruhiko Kuroda.
   The statement, signed shortly after the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in December 2012, says that the central bank "will pursue monetary easing and aim to achieve this (2 pct) target at the earliest possible time."
   Government data have shown Japan's core consumer price index excluding fresh food prices in October this year rose 3.6 pct from a year earlier, its steepest rise in 40 years and eight months.