日本经济再生担当大臣Minoru Kiuchi：现在宣布结束通缩为时过早
东京消息：据路透社10月23日报道，日本经济再生担当大臣 Minoru Kiuchi 表示，现在宣布日本结束通缩为时过早，判断须综合消费者物价指数、GDP平减指数与潜在通胀等多项指标，不能只看单一数据。
日本9月核心消费者物价同比上涨2.1%。日本银行（央行）将于下周举行政策会议，市场预期央行将释放潜在通胀正接近2%目标的信号，后续政策走向备受关注。
日本政府与央行2013年发表联合声明，承诺尽早摆脱通缩并实现2%的物价稳定目标。Kiuchi 的表态显示，政府在正式宣布通缩结束问题上仍持审慎态度，将继续观察物价与工资的联动情况。
Japan's Minister Minoru Kiuchi Says It Is Too Early to Declare an End to Deflation
TOKYO — Japan's Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy, Minoru Kiuchi, said on October 23 that it is too early to declare an end to deflation, Reuters reported. Any such judgement, he said, must weigh the consumer price index, the GDP deflator and underlying inflation together rather than rely on a single indicator.
Japan's core consumer prices rose 2.1% year on year in September. The Bank of Japan holds its policy meeting next week, and markets expect the central bank to signal that underlying inflation is approaching its 2% target, with the policy path closely watched.
Under a 2013 joint statement, the government and the BOJ pledged to end deflation and achieve 2% price stability. Kiuchi's remarks show the government remains cautious about formally declaring deflation over and will keep watching the interaction between prices and wages.
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