9 March 2001, 11:57  Japan coalition econ package offers few surprises,

--Japan coalition package urges BOJ to establish stable price targets
--Japan coalition package urges BOJ to conduct more monetary easing
--Japan LDP's Aizawa says method of easing up to BOJ to decide
--LDP's Aizawa: Quantitative easing not specified in package demands
--Japan coalition package seeks lower individual capital gains tax
--Japan package seeks new body to buy banks' cross-shareholdings
--Japan package calls for tax breaks on long-term capital gains
--Japan package seeks tax breaks for dividends to individuals
--Japan package urges postal savings investment in domestic stocks
--Japan package urges lower gift taxes, stock inheritance tax
--Japan LDP's Kamei: Wants package enacted under current administration
--Japan coalition package urges tax breaks for real estate

By Bruce Ellsworth
Tokyo, March 9 (BridgeNews) - The emergency economic stimulus package Japan's coalition parties unveiled Friday did not differ significantly from what had already been leaked to the press, except for urging the Bank of Japan to set stable price targets and further ease monetary policy. The main surprise, however, was that the package did not specifically call for the BOJ to conduct "quantitative easing" despite assurances otherwise by Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Hideyuki Aizawa only hours earlier.

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