2014年12月1日 星期一

OECD下調日本明年經濟成長率

Last week the NHK News on-line reported the following:

OECD 日本の成長率を下方修正

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OECD=経済協力開発機構は25日、世界経済見通しを公表し、日本の来年の経済成長率は、消費税率の10%への引き上げの延期を踏まえてもプラス0.8%の緩やかな回復にとどまるとして、下方修正しました。
OECDは世界経済見通しを公表し、日本のことしのGDP=国内総生産の実質の伸び率はプラス0.4%と、半年前に公表した時点のプラス1.2%から下方修正しました。
また来年の成長率についても、消費税率の10%への引き上げが延期されることを踏まえたうえでも、プラス0.8%の緩やかな回復にとどまるとして、プラス1.2%から引き下げました。
これは、賃金の上昇が物価の伸びに追いついておらず、消費者の購買力が落ちていて、ことし4月の消費税率の引き上げのあと個人消費の持ち直しが弱いためとしています。
一方、OECDは、消費税率の10%への引き上げの延期について、「2020年度に『基礎的財政収支』を黒字化するという政府の財政健全化の目標を達成することは、より困難になると考えられ、高齢者向けの社会保障費の削減など大胆な措置を取る必要がある」と指摘しています。
(試譯文)
On the 25th (November) OECD, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development published its world’s economic outlook and revised downwards Japan’s economic growth rate for next year, assuming that Japan would stop at a plus 0.8 % gentle recovery, even if it postponed a rise in consumption tax to 10%.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development published its world economic outlook and revised downwards Japan’s actual growth rate this year: the GDP= gross domestic product from plus 1.2 % published at a time six months ago to plus 0.4 %.

About the growth rate for next year, even assuming that an increase to 10% in consumption tax was postponed, it would stop at a gentle recovery of plus 0.8 %, which was a tuning down from the plus 1.2 %.

For this, salary increase could not catch up with the growth rate in prices, and the purchasing power of consumers decreased. It was supposed that after the consumption tax increase in April this year, the improvement in consumer spending was weak.

On the other hand, in connection with the postponement in raising consumption tax to 10%, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development pointed out that "regarding the goal to achieve a financial consolidation in the government by making the ‘basic finance balance’ in the black in fiscal year 2020, having considered that this is becoming more difficult, bold measures have to be taken to reduce social security expenses for senior citizens".


   It seems that to reduce social benefits would be an unavoidable way out in Japan.

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