2025-11-22
8 分钟Can Japan's stimulus package get its economy going?
Or is the country just taking on more debt?
It's world business expressed from the BBC World Service.
I'm Liana Byrne.
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Japan has just signed off a massive new stimulus package around $135 billion worth.
It's aimed at lifting wages, easing living costs and giving the economy a short-term boost.
Neil Newman is head of strategy at Astros Advisory Japan.
It's a financial consulting company in Tokyo and he shared his thoughts on the package in a series of voice notes.
Stimulus packages in Japan are a fairly regular thing to be honest.
This one in particular is a very high profile to address primarily the cost of living here in Japan by doing something to help households with the monthly bills and the cost of energy.
Most of this is imported and very weak yen.
It is causing some problems somewhat not just with households but also with the small and medium-sized enterprises.
So there's investment going into some sectors And what about inflation?
That's currently a problem.
For Japan, surely if people get more money in their pocket, that could send prices rising.
Well, Neil Newman doesn't think so.
I doubt these measures will actually stoke inflation.
It may have some limited effect on it.
It may have a short-term impact on bringing inflation down,