日本の需要不足３４兆円　７～９月期―内閣府

　内閣府は２７日、日本経済の潜在的な供給力と実際の需要の差を示す「需給ギャップ」が、２０２０年７～９月期にマイナス６．２％になったとの推計を発表した。金額に換算すると年３４兆円程度の需要不足に相当する。試算を行っている１９８０年以降で過去最悪となった４～６月期（マイナス１０．５％、年５７兆円程度）から縮小したものの、不足額はなお大きい。（2020/11/27-11:46）

Japan's demand shortfall, or excess supply over demand, in July-September shrank to an estimated 34 trillion yen on an annualized basis, the Cabinet Office said Friday.
   The figure narrowed from the previous quarter's estimate of an annualized shortfall at about 57 trillion yen, which was the worst since the Cabinet Office started calculating such estimates in 1980.
   The output gap, a measure of the supply-demand balance in the economy, stood at minus 6.2 pct in July-September, the second quarter of fiscal 2020. The gap is still big, although it shrank from minus 10.5 pct in April-June.
   Some members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party are demanding the government set aside around 20 trillion yen under its third supplementary budget for fiscal 2020 to fill a demand shortfall brought on by the coronavirus crisis.
   "I have a strong sense of crisis," economic and fiscal policy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura told a press conference on Friday. "Under our strong commitment not to get the country back to deflation, we want to work out an extra budget that would allow the economy to return to a growth path led by private demand."