Japanese current account registered a less than expected surplus

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12 January 2017

Japanese current account registered a less than expected surplus

Japan had a current account surplus of 1.415 trillion yen in November, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday, cited by rttnews - up 28.0 percent on year.

The headline figure was shy of expectations for a surplus of 1.460 trillion yen and down from 1.719 trillion yen in October.

The trade balance showed surplus of 313.4 billion yen - exceeding forecasts for 254.4 billion yen and down from 587.6 billion yen in the previous month.

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