Japan’s current account surplus shrank 68.7 percent in September from a year earlier, hit by lower exports and returns on overseas investment, official data showed Thursday.
The surplus in the current account, the broadest measure of Japan’s trade with the rest of the world, stood at 503.6 billion yen ($6.3 billion) in September, the finance ministry said.
The figure was smaller than expected by economists surveyed by the Nikkei economic daily and Dow Jones Newswires, who estimated a surplus of 762.3 billion yen.
The current account measures trade in goods, services, tourism and overseas income.
Japan's current account surplus shrinks by 68.7%
