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19. Jun
2013
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Japan's trade deficit rose nearly 10% in May to 993.9 billion yen (nearly $10.5B). Rising costs for imports due to the cheaper yen matched a 10% rebound in exports from a year earlier. A weakening in the yen's value has pushed up costs for imports of crude oil, natural gas and other commodities for this resource-scarce nation, but the deficit in May was bigger than most economists' estimates.


June 2013