経済対策、７３．６兆円　コロナ感染防止へ自治体・医療支援―閣議決定

　政府は８日の臨時閣議で、新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大を受けた追加経済対策を決定した。金融機関の融資などを含む事業規模は７３．６兆円で、このうち国・地方の歳出は３２．３兆円とする。営業時間短縮の要請に応じた飲食店に対し、自治体が支払う協力金の財源となる「地方創生臨時交付金」を拡充。医療機関向けの「緊急包括支援交付金」の増額も盛り込み、感染防止に万全を期す姿勢を示した。
　菅義偉首相は臨時閣議に先立つ経済財政諮問会議で、対策の経済効果について「（実質）国内総生産（ＧＤＰ）に換算して３．６％程度と見込んでいる」と説明した。（2020/12/08-20:21）

Japan's government Tuesday approved an additional stimulus package worth 73.6 trillion yen mainly to facilitate the country's economic structural change in response to the novel coronavirus crisis.
   Of the total, including loans to be extended by financial institutions, 30.6 trillion yen will be financed with state funds.
   Under the package, adopted at an extraordinary cabinet meeting, the government will create subsidies to help business conversion by small and midsize companies.
   The package also includes measures to support research and development for decarbonization and promote the digitalization of the Japanese society, in order to ensure economic growth after the coronavirus crisis is contained.
   The government will procure funds for the package through a third supplementary budget for fiscal 2020 ending in March 2021 and the initial budget for the following year.