国債６兆６９００億円増発　２９日閣議決定―補正予算案

　石破政権が初めて策定した経済対策の裏付けとなる２０２４年度補正予算案で、財源不足を補うために国債を６兆６９００億円増発する方針であることが２８日、分かった。一般会計の歳出総額は１３兆９４３３億円。同年度の税収の上振れ分３兆８２７０億円などを歳入に計上するが賄いきれず、予算案の半分近くを借金である国債で穴埋めする。
　政府は２９日に補正予算案を閣議決定し、来月上旬にも今臨時国会に提出、年内の早期成立を目指す。
　経済対策は、物価高に苦しむ低所得世帯向け給付金やエネルギー補助金、能登半島地震の被災地支援などが柱。石破茂首相は前年度の補正予算（歳出総額約１３．１兆円）を上回る財政出動を宣言していた。２４年度の新規国債発行額は当初予算段階の約３５．４兆円から４２兆円台まで膨らみ、借金頼みの財政運営は厳しさを増す。（2024/11/28-16:09）

The Japanese government plans to issue an additional 6,690 billion yen in bonds in fiscal 2024 to finance nearly half of a supplementary budget with general-account spending of 13,943.3 billion yen, informed sources said Thursday.
   While utilizing an increase of 3,827 billion yen in tax revenue from its previous estimate, the government is set to use the additional bonds to cover a shortage in the funds to support the first economic package compiled under the administration of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who took office in October.
   The budget bill is expected to be approved at a cabinet meeting Friday and submitted to an extraordinary parliamentary session, which was convened Thursday for a 24-day run, in early December so that it can be enacted by the end of this year.
   The economic package includes benefits for low-income households suffering from high consumer prices, as well as energy subsidies and measures to support central Japan areas affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake in January this year.
   The issuance of new government bonds in fiscal 2024 will rise to over 42 trillion yen from about 35.4 trillion yen in the initial budget, heightening challenges in the country's debt-dependent fiscal management.