「邦銀は外国の金融機関ほど不良資産にさらされていなかったことから、日本は当初は金融危機から守られていた。しかし、慢性的な輸出依存により、世界の需要が衰えると経済が止まってしまった」
「麻生政権は弱体化しすぎていて、政策を通せない。自民党も不人気すぎて、（任期満了となる）９月より前の総選挙を、検討もできなくなっている」
FT.com / Comment & analysis / Editorial - Japan still needs a government
One proposed response is to start “price-keeping operations” – spending 25,000bn yen of public money to prop up the stock market. This is an old staple for Japanese policymakers, and a smaller plan has already been put forward by the government but – predictably – is being held up in the Diet. Either version would be expensive and the breathing space it would buy for banks would only be temporary.
It is time for an election.
