Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga attended a meeting in Tokyo for business owners on the 23rd and announced his intention to lift income restrictions from next year over expanding support for the cost subsidy system for people receiving infertility treatment.
Gross domestic product (GDP) in the July-September quarter, which was noted for its recovery from the corona crisis, exceeded the private sector's expectations in advance and achieved record positive growth.
On the 16th in the US New York stock market , the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is made by major companies, hit a record high for the first time in nine months. The new coronavirus of vaccine expected to commercialization, was pushed up US stock prices to a level higher than the previous corona crisis. The market is optimistic about the outlook for the US economy, but the current infection situation is steadily worsening and the risk of a catastrophic collapse is smoldering.
GDP for the July-September quarter exceeded most private-sector expectations and reached record growth rates. However, there is a strong aspect of autonomous repulsion from the previous term, when economic activity stopped due to the state of emergency and fell into the worst negative growth after the war.