賃上げ・投資促進で力強い循環　鈴木財務相が財政演説

　鈴木俊一財務相は２０日、２０２３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。鈴木氏は「物価上昇を乗り越える構造的な賃上げと攻めの投資の拡大によって消費と投資の力強い循環につなげていく必要がある」と述べ、早期成立への協力を呼び掛けた。
　今回の経済対策には、低物価・低賃金・低成長が続くデフレの悪循環から完全脱却する狙いがある。鈴木氏は日本経済について、「コロナ禍の３年間を乗り越えて改善しつつあるが、輸入物価の上昇に端を発する物価高の継続は、国民生活を圧迫し、回復に伴う生活実感の改善を妨げている」と懸念を示した。（2023/11/20-13:35）

Japan's Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki called for cooperation to have the government's fiscal 2023 supplementary budget bill enacted as soon as possible, in a speech to the House of Representatives on Monday.
   Suzuki stressed that it is necessary to accelerate efforts under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's "new capitalism" initiative for a virtuous cycle of growth and distribution by enacting the supplementary budget, which will finance the government's new economic policy package.
   "We need to create a strong cycle of consumption and investment through structural wage increases to overcome inflation and aggressive measures to expand investment," the finance minister said.
   While the Japanese economy has been recovering from the COVID-19 crisis, people's daily lives have been negatively affected by rising prices, Suzuki said.
   Measures to improve Japan's supply capabilities and to return the benefits of economic growth to the people are important in tackling the current situation, he added.