Japan Feb current account surplus at 2.43t yen
Published Fri, Apr 8, 2016 · 12:05 AM
[TOKYO] Japan's current account surplus stood at 2.43 trillion yen (S$30.34 billion) in February, as a slide in oil prices brought the trade balance into surplus, Ministry of Finance data showed on Friday.
The was larger than economists' median forecast for a surplus of 2.006 trillion yen in a Reuters poll, and the biggest since a 2.79 trillion yen surplus in March 2015.
REUTERS
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