Ｇ２０、必要に応じ対策強化　世界経済、急激に縮小―新型コロナで政策総動員・声明

　日米欧や中国など２０カ国・地域（Ｇ２０）の財務相・中央銀行総裁は１８日夜、テレビ会議を開催した。発表した共同声明は、新型コロナウイルスの影響で今年の世界経済が「急激に縮小することが見込まれる」と指摘。経済の回復に向け、財政出動などを「必要に応じて強化する」とし、追加のコロナ対策を講じる用意があることを明記した。
　日本からは、麻生太郎財務相と黒田東彦日銀総裁が出席した。
　Ｇ２０は声明で、世界経済が「今後回復していく」としつつも、「引き続き不確実性が高く、より大きな下方リスクにさらされている」との認識を示した。その上で、「すべての利用可能な政策手段を引き続き用いる」ことを再確認した。
　さらに、新型コロナで世界の経済、社会は「急速に変容し続けている」と分析。「財政・金融政策は、補完的な形で必要な限り実施され続ける」として、景気下支えに向け、各国・地域が巨額の財政出動などを当面続ける姿勢を打ち出した。（2020/07/19-01:28）

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies on Saturday expressed their readiness to take additional measures to support the recovery of the global economy in response to the continuing novel coronavirus pandemic.
   Global economic activities are "expected to contract sharply in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic" and associated disruptions in supply and demand, the G-20 officials said in a joint statement issued after their videoconference.
   They said that the world economy is "expected to recover going forward" partly because the impacts of significant policy actions taken so far by countries and regions materialize, but added that the outlook "remains highly uncertain and is subject to elevated downside risks,"
   "We are determined to continue to use all available policy tools to safeguard people's lives, jobs and incomes, support global economic recovery, and enhance the resilience of the financial system," they said.
   Noting that "we are taking immediate and exceptional measures" to address the pandemic, such as "unprecedented fiscal, monetary and financial stability actions," the officials said, "We will continue, and strengthen as necessary, these efforts to support a fast and robust recovery to achieve strong, sustainable, balanced and inclusive growth."