１９年末の個人金融資産、１９０３兆円　過去最高も、足元はコロナ懸念

　日銀が１８日発表した資金循環統計によると、２０１９年末時点の個人（家計部門）の金融資産残高は前年末比３．３％増の１９０３兆円となり、２年ぶりに過去最高を更新した。１９年末の日経平均株価の終値は２万３６５６円。米国株高を背景に上昇基調をたどり、保有株の評価額が膨らんだ。ただ、足元では新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大への懸念から日経平均は３割近く下落しており、個人金融資産は減少しているとみられる。（2020/03/18-11:41）

Financial assets held by households in Japan at the end of 2019 grew 3.3 pct from a year before to 1,903 trillion yen, hitting a record high for the first time in two years on a quarterly basis, Bank of Japan data showed Wednesday.
   The rise partly reflects a spike in share prices in Japan backed by an upswing of the U.S. equity market. In 2019, the key 225-issue Nikkei average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange gained 18.2 pct to close the year at 23,656.62.
   But household assets are seen to have decreased since then as concerns over the spread of the new coronavirus led to the Nikkei dropping by about 30 pct.
   The balance of cash and deposits, which account for a majority of the total household financial assets, increased 2.3 pct to 1,008 trillion yen at the end of last year. Shareholdings rose 13.5 pct to 211 trillion yen, and investment trust funds gained 10.9 pct to 74 trillion yen.
   The BOJ data also showed that nonfinancial companies' financial assets grew 6.9 pct to 1,240 trillion yen, marking the highest level since the end of September 2018.