TOKYA: Japan’s finance ministry data showed current account recorded a surplus for the fourth straight month in October, as a weak yen and income from investments overseas bolstered the balance of payments.
The surplus stood at 833.4 billion yen ($6.85 billion), against a median forecast for 366.3 billion yen.
In the same period a year earlier, the current account logged a deficit of 154.3 billion yen.
(1 US dollar = 121.6600 Japanese yen)