Jeffrey Frankel, for example, recommends a pre-announced plan to increase the tax rate by, say, one percentage point annually for five years. But Japanese policymakers, media, and academics largely continue to favor a sudden and substantial hike.
消费税提高的时机应该这样选择：它不会阻碍被称为“安倍经济学”的激进经济政策所推动的经济复苏。西方经济学家通常赞成逐渐增加税负，比如，杰弗里·弗兰克尔（Jeffrey Frankel）建议预先公布计划，以（比如）为期五年、每年一个百分点的节奏提高税率。但日本决策者、媒体和学界大多仍支持突然大幅增税。