Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a record-high 92.6 trillion yen initial general-account budget for fiscal 2013, aiming to shore up the economy through large-scale public works projects.
China's new yuan-denominated lending reached 8.2 trillion yuan (1.3 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2012, up 732 billion yuan year on year, the country's central bank announced Thursday.
Japan's economy-boosting extra budget being formulated for fiscal 2012 may be worth around 12 trillion yen — including more than 4 trillion for public works projects, sources said Monday.