| 14.01.2009 - Japan voves to fund stimulus |
| From WSJ: Japan's lower house of parliament passed a 4.786 trillion yen ($53.72 billion) extra budget to fund some of the government's promised economic stimulus measures, but the fate of the spending plan is far from certain after one representative quit the ruling party. Prime Minister Taro Aso's cabinet compiled a fiscal stimulus package in October to try to jump-start an economy that is slowing in tandem with the global slump...... Full Article: Source |