and september be 2% which has been the government target, will you be ready to increase the rate, mr. amari? >> well, we don't have any specific figures that we will follow to decide whether or not we will raise the tax again. in the end, the prime minister will look at the july-september period and also look at the monthly data to make the final decision. of course, that will include the job market situation and other economic indicators. we would like to have a lot of data and indicators and the prime minister will make his decision by the end of the year. the economic recovery trend, will this continue or not? that's the main thing we will be looking for. and the consumption tax, according to the law, are we going to raise it to 10% as scheduled? do we have the economic situation that allows that to happen? that would be the best scenario but it's if we raise the consumption tax hike but see the economy decline, of course that's not going to be good. we have to look at what kind of impact we will see on the japanese economy, how big would that impact be. we will have to consider all thes