Professor Emeritus Katsuhiro Miyamoto of Kansai University announced the amount of economic reduction due to the "state of emergency" issued to seven prefectures on April 2020, 4.

 The amount of economic decrease over the next two years estimated by Professor Emeritus Katsuhiro Miyamoto is about 2 trillion yen in Japan as a whole, and about 63 trillion yen in the seven prefectures where the "state of emergency" was issued.Regarding this calculation, Professor Emeritus Miyamoto said, "It is thought that the state of emergency was necessary to protect the health and life of Japanese people and avoid the collapse of medical care. The state of emergency will improve people's economic activities and lives. It will be restricted to some extent, but this is unavoidable. Unless this turmoil is settled early, it will take nearly three years to return to the level of the Japanese economy before the 7 consumption tax hike. I suspect it is. "

 Professor Katsuhiro Miyamoto explained in 2005 "The economic effect of winning the Hanshin Tigers", 2014 "The economic ripple effect of Masahiro Tanaka joining the Yankees", and 2020 "When the 92nd Selected High School Baseball became an unattended game. "Economic loss", "Economic effect of cherry blossom viewing lost due to the influence of the new corona virus", "Economic loss when the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are postponed or canceled", "Economic loss and impact when locked down", etc. Has been announced.

Reference: [Kansai University] Katsuhiro Miyamoto Estimated by Professor Emeritus of Kansai University ◆ The amount of economic decrease due to the declaration of an emergency is about 63 trillion yen, of which the amount of decrease in the seven prefectures subject to the declaration is about 7 trillion yen.

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