According to "The Economist," Japan's seasonally adjusted current account surplus narrowed to nearly 2.7 trillion yen in December last year, falling short of expectations

The Japanese Ministry of Finance announced that the preliminary estimate for Japan's seasonally adjusted current account surplus in December last year narrowed from a previous surplus of 3.1378 trillion yen to 2.6971 trillion yen, which is lower than the market expectation of a surplus of 2.95 trillion yen.

In December last year, Japan's seasonally adjusted trade balance under the balance of payments (BoP) narrowed from a surplus of 450.7 billion yen to 56.2 billion yen