赤字国債、３７．３兆円発行　歳出膨張で１２兆円増―２１年度

　政府は１８日、赤字国債を２０２１年度に３７兆２６００億円発行する方針を固めた。２０年度当初予算（２５兆４４６２億円）と比べ、１２兆円近く増加する。２１年度予算案で、一般会計歳出が過去最大の１０６兆６１００億円に膨らむ一方、新型コロナウイルス感染拡大の影響で税収見通しが５７兆４５００億円にとどまるためだ。
　歳入不足を国の借金である国債発行で穴埋めするいびつな財政構造が一段と悪化している。（2020/12/18-12:56）

The Japanese government plans to issue 37.26 trillion yen in deficit-covering bonds for fiscal 2021, it was learned Friday.
   The total is up by nearly 12 trillion yen from the initial fiscal 2020 level of 25,446.2 billion yen.
   The growth comes as the government's general-account expenditures for the year from April 2021 are planned to reach a record high of 106.61 trillion yen while tax revenues are expected to total only 57.45 trillion yen due to the impact of the spread of the novel coronavirus.
   The total issuance amount of new government bonds, or deficit-covering bonds plus construction bonds, in fiscal 2021 will rise by 11.04 trillion yen from the previous year's initial level to 43.6 trillion yen, up for the first time in 11 years, according to informed sources.
   The issue amount of construction bonds will fall by 770 billion yen to 6.34 trillion yen, the sources said.