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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Singapore Asia Pacific World Search Search: Minister: Japan needs aggressive public spending By YURI KAGEYAMA,AP Business Writer AP - Sunday, March 22 TOKYO - Japan's finance minister said Sunday that aggressive public spending would be needed on a scale of possibly 20 trillion yen ($208 billion) to wrest the economy out of a painful recession. ADVERTISEMENT Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, who also serves as financial services minister, acknowledged the government forecast for flat growth for fiscal 2009, ending March 31, 2010, would probably have to be revised soon to account for the deep contraction seen in recent months. Japan's economy has been battered by the plunge in exports that continues unabated since the U.S. financial crisis hit last year. The International Monetary Fund is expecting the Japanese economy to contract 5.8 percent for the 2009 calendar year. The Japanese government has said the economy contracted at an annual pace of 12.1 percent for the October-December quarter. Data show the slowdown is dragging into this year. "Unless there is considerable recovery in the latter half, it would be hard to keep it within the forecast," Yosano said on a nationally televised news program on TV Asahi. Yosano stressed the amount of spending wasn't decided yet and experts need more data to decide on the right allocation, including where to spend the money. The effort will also need to be discussed in Parliament, he said. But Yosano said the numbers being tossed around in recent Japanese media reports of 2 trillion yen or 3 trillion yen for the spending package weren't enough to address the growing social woes such as joblessness. "That is not enough to cope with what is happening in our society or is about to happen," he said. "Speaking from a gut level feeling, 20 trillion yen is a good number." Japan's unemployment rate stood at 4.1 percent in January, relatively high for a nation that has valued stable employment for decades. Worries are growing that number will rise as companies go bankrupt and are hit with losses amid a global downturn. Japan has already decided on a stimulus package of about 12 trillion yen, including tax breaks for companies, cash payout to individuals, assistance for businesses and reduced toll fees for roads, to try to fix the health of the world's second largest economy. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: China's Economy Australia PM urges greater say for China in IMFAFP - 1 hour 32 minutes ago 'Virtually impossible' for Aus economy to grow: PMAFP - 2 hours 22 minutes ago 'Modest' Japanese CEOs escape public ireAFP - Sunday, March 22 China sees stimulus package bringing growthAFP - Sunday, March 22 Related Articles: Business Australia PM urges greater say for China in IMFAFP - 1 hour 32 minutes ago Bank Muscat sold 81 pct of stake in India's HDFCReuters - 1 hour 43 minutes ago Report: Nissan planning luxury hybrid in 2010AP - 2 hours 1 minute ago 'Virtually impossible' for Aus economy to grow: PMAFP - 2 hours 22 minutes ago Childrens' Investment Fund sells Indian state bank holdingsReuters - 2 hours 53 minutes ago Related Full Coverage China Economy china economy All Full Coverage Most Popular – Business Viewed Madoff loses bail appeal as victims' rage revealed Obama budget deficit could hit 1.845 trln dlrs Actress Natasha Richardson dies after ski accident Arrest warrant issued for Lindsay Lohan Opel boss hints at closing German plants View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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