JAPAN. SURPLUS or DEFICIT? (via Moeko IB Economics Year 1′s Blog)

This is a blog post which illustrates the current account deficit in Japan.

1) Historical Trends: In 1980 Japan was in a deficit of 10.75 billion dollars. Yet from 1981, the currency came out of the deficit and started to balance out, but gradually kept going into a surplus. In 1986 it reached nearly 90 billion dollars. From then on, there were contractions and expansions on the graph, but overall the country is more in a surplus than in a deficit.         2) In terms of GDP,since 1981, the country ha … Read More

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