景気持ち直しも足取り緩慢　日銀９月会合の主な意見

　日銀は２９日、今月１６、１７日に開いた金融政策決定会合での主な意見を公表した。国内景気については「引き続き厳しい状態にあるが持ち直しつつある」と前向きに捉える見方があった一方、「レベルは依然として低く、足取りも緩慢」と慎重な意見も出た。
　新型コロナウイルス感染拡大では、飲食・宿泊分野への打撃が深刻だ。会合では「サービス消費を中心に内需低迷が続く可能性が高く、大幅な反発は見込みにくい」との指摘があった。消費についても「感染症収束を展望できない中で雇用環境が悪化しており、回復の重しになる」と危ぶむ声が上がった。（2020/09/29-10:32）

A member of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board in mid-September offered the view that the pace of pickup of the country's economy following a coronavirus-caused slump has been slow, the BOJ revealed on Tuesday.
   At the board's September 16-17 monetary policy meeting, the member said, "Economic activity has remained at a low level," according to a summary of opinions at the meeting released by the central bank.
   Another member said, "Japan's economy has started to pick up with economic activity resuming gradually, although it has remained in a severe situation" due to the pandemic, the summary showed.
   The spread of COVID-19 has seriously affected the restaurant and lodging sectors in the country. At the meeting, one member said, "It is unlikely that Japan's economy will rebound significantly," because "domestic demand, mainly in services consumption, will likely remain at a low level."
   Regarding private consumption, one board member said weak consumer spending will likely weigh on the overall economic recovery, with the employment situation deteriorating against the background that it remains to be seen when the epidemic will subside, according to the summary.