Government economic stimulus rumours from Japan
The government and ruling parties will consider compiling economic stimulus measures worth more than 5 trillion yen
Fiscal spending to enhance welfare and stir private consumption
The move is expected to come after the Diet enacts fiscal 2016 budget and tax revision bills on Tuesday
The government plans to submit an extra budget bill at a special Diet session to be convened by autumn, the sources said
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Meanwhile, via Reuters come comments from PM Abe:
- Will proceed with scheduled sales tax hike next year unless japan is hit by lehman crisis-scale shock
(Abe has said this before, multiple times)
- Not thinking at all of dissolving lower house and calling snap election
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