Japan's economy is on a war footing. For the first time since the end of the second world war, the government is issuing more new debt than it is taking in via tax revenues. That is only partly thanks to Tokyo's latest stimulus programme, worth Y7,200bn ($81bn) or 1.5 per cent of gross domestic product. While this is designed to prevent a double-dip recession, even the government seems unclear where the extra money will come from.
日本經濟已進入戰備狀態。二戰結束以來,日本政府發行的新債首次超過稅收收入,而其最新出臺的7.2兆日元(合810億美元,相當於國內生產毛額(GDP)的1.5%)刺激計劃僅僅是其中部分原因。計劃的宗旨是防止經濟出現雙底衰退,然而,就連日本政府好像也不清楚,這筆資金將從哪裏來。
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