日本大型企業為油價下跌叫好；Google Alert - Japan

日本大型企業為油價下跌叫好

日本企業領袖們周二對近期油價的大幅下跌表示了歡迎，稱盡管這令全球金融市場受到沖擊，但將對日本步履蹣跚的經濟復蘇構成提振。

許多日本企業的管理人士表示，油價的走低將提升消費者支出能力和企業利潤。他們稱，在去年4月份消費稅上調導致日本經濟陷入衰退後，油價的走低有望使每年進口價值超過20萬億日圓石油和液化天然氣的日本受益，使首相安倍晉三的經濟重振計劃恢復活力。

能源成本下降似乎與安倍晉三結束20多年通縮局面的行動相矛盾。安倍晉三的想法是，如果企業和消費者預計價格進一步上升，他們將不再囤積現金，而是將錢花出去，從而引發經濟增長的良性循環。但如果價格走低可提振公司利潤，可能給予公司更大的空間響應安倍晉三提出的加薪號召。安倍晉三周二表示，他希望企業能把從計劃的公司稅下調中省下來的一些錢以加薪和擴大資本支出的形式傳遞到其他領域。他甚至暗示了進一步減稅的可能。

Daily update ⋅ January 7, 2015
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