Japan ready to deploy more fiscal support, says finance minister

📆 2022/02/18 05:25:00

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TOKYO : Japan\u0027s government stands ready to deploy more fiscal stimulus \u0022without hesitation\u0022 as the country is still in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday (Feb 18). \u0022If inflation accelerates before full-fledged improvements in the job market and wage hikes kick

📆 2022/02/18 05:25:00
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FILE PHOTO: Japan's Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki prepares to ring a bell during the New Year ceremony marking the open of trading in 2022 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange , amid the coronavirus disease pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan, January 4, 2022.

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