Note 1-69

(69) Public demand, which combines public investment and the final consumption of the government (including public investment and increases in public inventory of governments other than the general government), remained almost unchanged in FY2000 (0.6% year-to-year increase in real terms and 0.3% year-to-year decrease in nominal terms) and FY2001 (0.2% decrease in real terms and 0.5% decrease in nominal terms). It is also expected to remain at almost the same level in FY2002 (Government' s economic forecast for FY2002). Since consumption of fixed capital is not accompanied by actual spending, it might be excluded from final government consumption. However, even in such a case, public demand remains almost unchanged.