Japan's Dec. current account logs surplus for 18th straight month
Xinhua, February 8, 2016 Adjust font size:
Japan logged a current account surplus for the 18th successive month in December, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report Monday.
According to the ministry, the balance in the recording period stood at 960.7 billion yen (8.21 billion U.S. dollars).
Considered one of the widest gauges of international trade, goods trade alone booked a surplus of 188.7 billion yen, the ministry said. Endit