The World in 2022: Kishida’s underwhelming plans for Japan
展望2022年:岸田文雄平淡的日本计划
When Kishida Fumio became leader of Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party in September, and thus the country’s new prime minister, he promised big-sounding changes.
9月,岸田文雄成为日本***党总裁,作为新任首相,他承诺要做出重大改革。
They included a “new model of capitalism”, to reduce economic inequality.
其中包括减少经济不平等的“新资本主义”。
But his prescriptions look more like tweaks to the safety-net than a revolution.
但是他的策略更像是对社会安全网的微调,而不是革命。
Having led the party to victory in lower-house elections, he must repeat the feat in the upper house in the summer to avoid becoming a short-term prime minister.
他已经领导**党赢得了下议院的选举,因此他必须再次赢得上议院夏季选举,才不至于成为昙花一现的首相。
注释(摘自日经中文网):岸田文雄已成为日本新首相。岸田经济政策的招牌是“新日本式资本主义”。在日本自民党总裁选举中,岸田曾宣称“转变小泉改革以后的新*主义政策”。他指出,放宽限制和结构改革在带来经济增长的同时“还产生了贫富差距和分裂”。岸田虽然高调主张基于增长和分配的良性循环的“令和版收入倍增”,但“改革”一词却找不到了踪影。
Japan’s priority will be controlling covid-19 and reviving the ailing economy.
日本的当务之急是控制疫情,重振疲软的经济。
High vaccination rates will help with the first.
提高新冠疫苗接种率对控制疫情有所帮助。
But boosting growth is harder.
但更难的是刺激经济增长。
Inflation remains stubbornly low.
通货紧缩仍然顽固。
With interest rates at rock-bottom, monetary-policy options will remain limited.
由于利率处于最低点,货币政策仍十分受限。
In November the government unveiled a stimulus package with new spending equivalent to 5.7% of GDP.
11月,*公布了一项经济刺激计划,其支出相当于GDP的5.7%。
Yet it includes lots of cash handouts of the sort that were saved, not spent, in 2020.
但其中包括了2020年人们储蓄起来并未消费的许多现金补贴。
It may not have the impact that the government hopes to see.
经济刺激计划可能收效甚微。
注释(摘自新浪财经):今年10月,在欧美多国通胀创多年新高之际,日本的通胀率却仅为0.1%,日本央行预计通胀率至少在未来两年仍将处在2%目标以下。消费方面,去年日本*给每人发放的10万日元补贴中估计有70%被存进了银行,没有用来消费。
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