Japan PM Takaichi says won't resort to debt issuance to fund sales tax suspension on food

2026-02-09 09:16:00

• Will examine the schedule and funding of plan to suspend sales tax on food by two years
• Will not resort to debt issuance to fund suspension of sales tax on food
• To seek the such measures at the earliest date possible by securing non-tax revenues, reviews to subsidies
• Must pull Japan out of excessively tight fiscal policy state
• A more proactive fiscal policy will be a key component of the administration’s policy transition

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This article was written by Justin Low at investinglive.com.