国債利払い費、２７年度１５兆円　金利上昇で膨張―財務省試算

　財務省が２０２４年度予算案を基に推計した試算で、国の借金である国債の利払い費が２７年度に１５．３兆円に達する見通しであることが３０日、分かった。２４年度比で約１．６倍に増える。借金頼みの予算編成が続く中、長期金利の上昇を背景に利払い費の負担も重くなり、厳しい財政運営が続きそうだ。（2024/01/30-15:26）

Japan's interest payments on the national debt are estimated to hit 15.3 trillion yen in fiscal 2027, up 1.6-fold from fiscal 2024 starting in April, it was learned Tuesday.
   According to Finance Ministry estimates based on the fiscal 2024 initial budget plan, the government's general-account spending will swell to 123.1 trillion yen in fiscal 2027, of which debt-servicing costs--for redeeming Japanese government bonds and making JGB interest payments--will take up 34.2 trillion yen.
   Those estimates were figured under the assumption that 3 pct nominal economic growth will continue from fiscal 2024 and that the benchmark 10-year JGB yield will go up to 2.4 pct from 1.9 pct.
   The government will provide the estimates for parliamentary deliberations on the budget plan.