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Japan's current account surplus drops to ¥2.01 trillion in July, government data shows
Japan's current account surplus dropped 14.4 percent to ¥2.01 trillion ($18.12 billion) in July from a year earlier as goods trade registered red ink for the first time in two months on oil import surges, government data showed Monday. The country had a goods trade ...
Japan's current account stays in black at ¥1.85 trillion but down from April '17
Japan reported a current account surplus of ¥1.85 trillion ($16.86 billion) in April — marking the 46th straight month of a positive figure for the economic indicator — as a result of the country's robust exports, government data showed Friday. But the surplus shrank by ...
Japan's current account surplus shrinks to ¥2.08 trillion in February
Japan reported a current account surplus of ¥2.08 trillion ($19 billion) in February, with the figure having shrunk from a year ago due to a smaller trade surplus and a stronger yen, government data showed Monday. Despite a 28.7 percent drop in the current account ...
Japan posts biggest January current account surplus since 2011
The current account surplus grew to ¥607.4 billion ($5.7 billion) in January, its highest for the month since 2011, thanks to strong exports in Asia, government data showed Thursday. The surplus rose year on year for the first time in three months, marking a more ...
Japan posts current account surplus of ¥1.35 trillion in November
Japan posted a current account surplus of ¥1.35 trillion ($12 billion) in November on robust earnings from foreign investments, marking the 41st straight month of black ink, government data showed Friday. But the surplus shrank 5.6 percent from a year ago as trade-reliant Japan had ...
Japan's current account surplus sets 10-year high in first half of 2017
The current account surplus expanded in the January-June period to its highest level since 2007 as earnings from foreign investments moved further into the black offset a rise in energy prices that made imports more expensive, government data showed Tuesday. Marking the largest figure since ...
Japan's current account surplus logs first fall in four months as oil prices rise
Japan's current account surplus fell 5.9 percent from a year earlier to ¥1.65 trillion ($14.5 billion) in May, logging the first decrease in four months as higher crude oil prices pushed up imports, government data showed Monday. The country posted a current account surplus for ...
Travel surplus breaks record in April, lifting current account surplus to decade high
Japan posted a current account surplus of ¥1.95 trillion ($18 billion) in April, the highest for the month since 2007, as the travel surplus swelled to a record high even as the trade surplus shrank, government data showed Thursday. A current account surplus was posted ...
Japan's fiscal 2016 current account surplus largest in nine years
Japan posts its largest current account surplus in nearly a decade for 2016 as exports thrived on falling oil prices and tourism surged.
Critics of Japan's current account overlook overseas benefits
Thanks to its bilateral trade balance with the U.S., and its current-account surplus with the rest of the world, Japan finds itself on America's watch list for currency manipulators at a time when the Trump administration is turning up the heat on economic friends ...
Japan's current account surplus shrinks in January as trade deficit widens
The current account surplus shrank for the first time in eight months in January, weighed down by a widening trade deficit amid rising crude oil prices, government data showed Wednesday. The surplus in one of the widest gauges of a country's international trade stood at ...
Japan logs current account surplus in October for 28th month in a row
Japan posted a current account surplus for the 28th consecutive month in October, helped by cheap oil prices and the yen's strength, the government said Thursday. The surplus jumped 22.7 percent to ¥1.72 trillion ($15 billion), with the trade surplus increasing. Among key components in the ...
