The government is still on track to miss a key fiscal rehabilitation goal in fiscal 2020, government sources said Wednesday.
The sources said the government is set to leave its projection for missing the goal unchanged in its upcoming medium- to long-term fiscal estimate.
Though Japan will stick with the goal of turning its primary balance deficit into a surplus in fiscal 2020 via spending and revenue reforms, it will likely fail to show how much such reforms can reduce the deficit, the sources said.
With your current subscription plan you can comment on stories. However, before writing your first comment, please create a display name in the Profile section of your subscriber account page.