Japan November Current Account Balance: Summary (Table)

By Shizuka Muragishi

Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary for the Current Account from the Ministry of Finance in Tokyo.

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                         Nov.    Oct.    Sept.   Aug.    July    June     May
                         2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008
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                       -----------------Seasonally Adjusted-------------------
Current account (Y bn)    654.1 1,113.2 1,031.8   972.4 1,598.1 1,270.5 2,008.1
Monthly % change        -41.2%    7.9%    6.1%  -39.2%   25.8%  -36.7%   31.2%
3-month level change    -347.3  -586.4  -402.2  -601.8   -87.9  -261.1   140.3
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Goods and services       -508.5   -18.5  -177.8  -229.7   282.0  -109.8   737.1
3-month level change    -215.8  -445.1  -421.3  -626.6  -135.7  -163.8   113.6
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Trade balance            -334.3   118.3    -1.7  -110.2   419.8   123.1   844.1
Exports                5,121.8 6,198.2 6,837.9 6,975.4 7,078.3 6,953.0 6,832.5
Imports                5,456.1 6,079.9 6,839.6 7,085.7 6,658.5 6,829.9 5,988.4
Services                 -174.2  -136.8  -176.0  -119.4  -137.8  -232.9  -107.0
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                         Nov.    Oct.    Sept.   Aug.    July    June     May
                         2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008
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Income                  1,273.4 1,266.1 1,308.7 1,324.6 1,472.4 1,496.1 1,369.4
                       ---------------Not Seasonally Adjusted-----------------
Current account (Y bn)    581.2   960.5 1,564.6 1,061.0 1,569.3   471.6 1,980.4
Yearly % change         -65.9%  -56.5%  -46.5%  -49.0%  -15.2%  -68.9%   -6.8%
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Goods and services       -184.2  -131.9   167.7  -257.0    83.7     1.9   487.5
3-month level change       7.7  -264.8  -233.4  -686.2  -585.5  -416.4   150.3
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Trade balance            -93.4   145.8   320.2  -141.2   307.4   249.0   497.3
 Exports               5,062.3 6,592.5 7,028.4 6,715.4 7,289.4 6,840.8 6,504.6
 Imports               5,155.7 6,446.6 6,708.2 6,856.6 6,982.0 6,591.8 6,007.3
Services                 -90.8  -277.7  -152.5  -115.9  -223.7  -247.2    -9.8
Income                   844.7 1,209.1 1,486.0 1,404.6 1,645.4   571.6 1,566.3
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NOTE: Levels in billions of yen. Three-month level changes are calculated as the three-month average change from the prior three-month average.

SOURCE: Ministry of Finance

To contact the reporter on this story: Shizuka Muragishi in Tokyo at smuragishi@bloomberg.net