Prime Minister to draw up additional economic measures and to instruct new supplementary budget draft on March 28 5:16
Due to the serious economic impact of the spread of the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Abe has set forth additional economic measures and a revised budget for the new fiscal year on Tuesday, citing powerful economic and fiscal policies. It is a policy to instruct. Among the economic measures, cash payments continue to be adjusted to pay to households with low incomes as well as households with low incomes.
The new fiscal year's budget, which includes the cost of higher education free of charge and the economic measures formulated last year, and the total amount of the general account is over 102 trillion yen, which was the largest ever, was approved and approved by the Upper House on the 27th.
In a `` intensive hearing '' conducted by Prime Minister Abe and cabinet ministers until the 27th due to the spread of the new coronavirus, industry officials and experts said that the economic impact was serious, and bold consumption stimulation Opinions continued to seek measures and maintain employment.
Prime Minister Abe has taken a powerful economic and fiscal policy and wished to restore the Japanese economy to a V-shape on Wednesday, calling for immediate support measures for people who have difficulty living and small and medium-sized enterprises, and demand after suppressing the spread of infection. We will dictate the formulation of additional economic measures, including stimulus measures, and the formulation of a supplementary budget for the new year.
Among the additional economic measures, cash payments will be provided not only to households with lower incomes but also to households with lower incomes.
Since the ruling party has said that "100,000 yen should be paid," adjustments are being made over the target audience and the amount.
In addition, expansion of “employment adjustment subsidies” to maintain employment for companies that have deteriorated, issuance of coupons that can be used for travel and events, and temporary grants to financially support local governments The government is planning to compile economic measures early next month, based on recommendations from the ruling party.
Meanwhile, at the House of Councilors Budget Committee meeting on October 27, opposition parties pointed out that while the infection of the new coronavirus was spreading, Mrs. Akie, Mrs. Abe's wife, had photos of cherry blossoms on the Internet. .
Prime Minister Abe, on the other hand, said it was a commemorative photo of a meeting with an acquaintance at a restaurant in Tokyo, and said, "We had a banquet like a cherry blossom viewing in a park where Tokyo is seeking self-control. There is no fact. "