27 February 2001, 17:35  Japan's Miyazawa willing to mull fiscal steps after budget passes

Tokyo--Feb. 27--Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said he is willing to consider further economic measures, including fiscal stimulus after parliament passes the fiscal 2001 budget. It is the first time in his two-year tenure as finance minister that Miyazawa has discussed economic steps before the budget is passed, suggesting he is concerned about the outlook for the economy as well as the ruling coalition government's performance in the upper house elections in mid-2001.

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