Japan Has Y1.509 Trillion Current Account Surplus In June

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Japan Has Y1.509 Trillion Current Account Surplus In June

(RTTNews) - Japan posted a current account surplus of 1.509 trillion yen in June, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday.

That beat expectations for a surplus of 1.395 trillion yen following the 1.862 trillion yen surplus in May,

Exports were up 0.5 percent on year to 8.630 trillion yen and imports slumped 14.3 percent to 8.301 trillion yen for a trade surplus of 328.7 billion yen.

The capital account showed a deficit of 42.0 billion yen and the financial account had a surplus of 545.2 billion yen.

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