Abe ally urges fresh double dose of stimulus
Adviser says a 10 trillion yen fiscal package is necessary to counter economic weakness
Tokyo
JAPAN needs a fresh, double dose of stimulus to counter mounting signs of economic weakness, according to one of the key members of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's brains-trust of pro-reflation advisers.
The government should assemble a 10 trillion yen (S$124 billion) fiscal package, and the central bank should add the same amount to its already unprecedented easing programme, ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Kozo Yamamoto said on Wednesday.
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