Japan's Ministry of Finance reported that in July the surplus of the current account increased to Y2, 010 billion from Y1.176 billion recorded in June. This surpassed the forecasts for a surplus of Y1, 852 billion.

Japan's Customs Department announced that Japan's trade balance deficit in July was -Y1.0 billion after a recorded surplus of Y820.5 billion in June. Economists predicted a decline in trade surplus to Y243 billion