石破首相、総合経済対策を指示　物価高・デフレ克服、補正提出へ

　石破茂首相は４日の閣議で、総合経済対策の取りまとめを指示した。(1)物価高対策(2)デフレ脱却に向けた経済成長力の強化(3)災害対応など安心・安全の確保―が柱。首相は２７日投開票の衆院選後、速やかに対策を決定し、財源の裏付けとなる２０２４年度補正予算案を国会に提出する方針だ。
　物価高対策は、低所得者世帯向けの給付金支給や、自治体向けの交付金拡充が中心。首相は「エネルギーコストの上昇に強い社会の実現」も求めた。
　首相はまた、経済成長を実現するために「新たな地方創生策を展開する」と表明。中小企業の賃上げを支援する考えも示した。
　安心・安全の確保に関しては、自民党総裁選で掲げた防災体制の強化や、災害に備えた避難所環境の整備を図る。（2024/10/04-11:29）

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday instructed his cabinet to compile an economic package partly to support households hit by soaring prices.
   The package will also include measures aimed at strengthening the economy to fully defeat Japan's deflation and enhancing the protection of citizens against natural disasters.
   Ishiba, who took office Tuesday, hopes to adopt the package soon after the Oct. 27 House of Representatives election and submit a supplementary budget to the Diet, the country's parliament, to finance the economic measures.
   Expected measures against rising prices include fresh benefits to low-income households and expansion of subsidies to local governments. Ishiba also called for steps to realize a society resistant to higher energy costs.
   "We will launch fresh regional revitalization measures" to shore up economic growth, he told a cabinet meeting. He also proposed measures to facilitate wage increases at small and midsize companies.