It shows how much Japan earned from foreign trade and investment, and the current account surplus in May was 128.4 billion yen, a decrease of 92.8% from the same month last year, which is comparable for May 1985. It was the least since the year.
Due to the effects of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine and other factors, energy prices such as crude oil rose, and the deficit in the trade balance, which is the deduction of imports from exports, reached 1,951.2 billion yen.
The width of the trade deficit was the largest in May since 1996, which is comparable.
On the other hand, the primary income balance, which shows the exchange of interest and dividends earned from overseas securities investment, is in the black of 2,447.2 billion yen against the backdrop of increased interest receipts on US government bonds due to rising interest rates. have become.