With regard to the outlook, the baseline scenario is that Japan’s economy is expected to gradually emerge from the current phase of flat growth and return to a moderate recovery path as the pace of recovery in overseas economies picks up, led by emerging and commodity-exporting economies, and reconstruction-related demand gradually increases. It is desirable for such improvement to be as sustainable as possible.
To this end, we gathered today to discuss the challenges faced by businesses and possibilities to further strengthen the role of the banking sector in support of recovery and further development of businesses.