东京，10月23日：日本经济大臣城内实周五表示，日本尚未满足正式宣布战胜通缩的条件，这暴露出其与日本央行之间的分歧，央行认为经济正处于持久实现2%通胀目标的边缘。
TOKYO, Oct 23 : Japan has yet to meet the conditions for officially declaring victory over deflation, Economy Minister Minoru Kiuchi said on Friday, exposing a divide with the Bank of Japan as it sees the economy on the cusp of durably achieving its 2 per cent inflation goal.
城内实是鸽派首相高市早苗的亲密盟友，他的这番言论凸显出政府在物价走势问题上与日本央行存在脱节。
Kiuchi's remarks, from a close ally of dovish Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, underscore a disconnect between the government and the BOJ on price moves.
此番言论也出现在日本央行下周政策会议之前，外界预计央行届时将发出信号，表明基础通胀已达到2%的目标，原因是伊朗战争引发的能源冲击以及日元疲软导致进口成本上升推高了物价。
They also come ahead of the BOJ's policy meeting next week, when it is seen signalling that underlying inflation has hit its 2 per cent target as the Iran war-induced energy shock and rising import costs from a weak yen push up prices.
然而，政府迄今尚未宣布战胜通缩，称需要更明确的证据表明经济不会重新陷入物价持续下跌的时期。
The government, however, has stopped short of declaring victory over deflation, saying it needs clearer evidence that the economy will not slide back into a period of persistent price declines.
当被问及政府能否正式宣布结束通缩时，城内实表示：“我们在做决定时需要谨慎，并全面审视消费者物价走势、GDP平减指数以及推动基础通胀的因素。”
"We need to be cautious in making the decision and look comprehensively at consumer price moves, GDP deflator and factors driving underlying inflation," Kiuchi said when asked whether the government could formally declare an end to deflation.
他说：“日本不重新陷入通缩很重要，”并补充说宣布结束通缩为时过早。
"It's important that Japan does not revert to deflation," he said, adding it was premature to declare an end to deflation.
城内实在新闻发布会上发表上述言论，当时他被问及政府将如何使其对通缩的看法与日本央行的评估保持一致，央行认为基础通胀可能已达到目标。
Kiuchi made the remarks at a news conference, when asked how the government will align its view on deflation with the BOJ's assessment that underlying inflation may have hit its target.
尽管燃料补贴帮助缓和了物价压力，但核心消费者通胀四年来一直徘徊在日本央行2%的目标附近，这挑战了政府关于日本尚未完全摆脱通缩的观点。
While fuel subsidies have helped temper price pressures, core consumer inflation has hovered near the BOJ's 2 per cent target for four years, challenging the government's view that Japan has yet to fully escape deflation.
周五公布的数据显示，9月份核心消费者物价指数（CPI）同比上涨2.1%，该指数剔除波动较大的生鲜食品但包含燃料成本。
The core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes volatile fresh food but includes fuel costs, rose 2.1 per cent in September from a year earlier, data showed on Friday.
一些分析人士表示，政府不愿宣布结束通缩，反映出其担心这样做会缩小推行宽松财政和货币政策的空间。
Some analysts say the government's reluctance to declare an end to deflation reflects concern that doing so would narrow its room to pursue accommodative fiscal and monetary policy.
宣布通货紧缩正式结束，也可能促使人们呼吁修改2013年由政府和日本央行共同签署的联合声明。该声明承诺双方将共同努力消除通货紧缩，具体措施包括“通过实施货币宽松政策，尽快实现日本央行的通胀目标”。政府和日本央行在2025年再次重申了这一联合声明。
Declaring an official end to deflation could also draw calls to tweak a joint government-BOJ statement, signed in 2013, pledging coordinated efforts by the two sides to end deflation including by "pursuing monetary easing to achieve the BOJ's inflation target at the earliest date possible." The government and BOJ reaffirmed the joint statement in 2025.
“我希望日本央行能够根据政府和日本央行联合声明的原则，适当制定货币政策，以实现2%的通胀目标，并确保通胀的稳定性和可持续性。”木内俊夫表示。
"I hope the BOJ conducts monetary policy appropriately to stably and sustainably achieve its 2 per cent inflation target, taking into account the principles of the joint BOJ-government statement," Kiuchi said.
作为货币宽松政策的支持者，木内俊夫多次表达了对日本央行加息计划的保留意见。他周二表示，希望参加下周的央行政策会议；预计届时央行会维持利率不变，但会上调通胀预期，并表明继续提高借贷成本的决心。
Considered an advocate of loose monetary policy, Kiuchi has repeatedly signaled his reservation over the BOJ's rate-hike plans. Kiuchi said on Tuesday he hoped to attend the central bank's policy meeting next week, when it is seen keeping interest rates steady, but revising up its inflation forecast and signalling its resolve to keep hiking borrowing costs.