Japan's Current-account Surplus Narrows In April

SYDNEY -- Japan's current-account surplus narrowed by 69.5% in April, with exports down following the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami, data released from the Ministry of Finance Wednesday showed. The surplus totaled 405.6 billion yen ($5.1 billion) in the month. Economists had been expecting a surplus of �217.1 bilion, according to data compiled by Dow Jones Newswires and the Nikkei ...

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