UPDATE 2-Japan's PM fine-tunes spending plans as way out of COVID-19 slump
* Suga says ‘coronavirus response’ is top economic priority * Gives no timeframe for achieving balanced budget goal (Adds Suga comment, detail) TOKYO, May 25 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday unveiled a plan for targeted government spending, steering a careful course between the twin aims of reviving economic growth after a coronavirus-induced slump and balancing the budget. Suga identified four areas - digital transformation, a greener society, regional revival and childcare - as engines of new growth that the heavily indebted state would allocate funds to. ...
Source: reuters.com
