The Japan TimesJapan's current account surplus rose to the highest on record, supported by a widening trade and income surplus, with higher oil prices expected to push it lower in coming months. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/13/economy/japan-current-account-surplus-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #currentaccount #trade #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦1 #IMF: #Global #currentaccount #imbalances are widening again, reversing a decade of steady decline following the global #financial crisis. History suggests a clear risk: widening imbalances have often been accompanied by concentrated and lower-quality #growth, triggered #sectoral #dislocations …
1 BMO: Canada’s #services #trade account improved to a $0.5 bln #surplus in Q3, from a $0.7 bln deficit in Q2, largely on a bigger surplus in commercial services. 🧵
#Canada #cdnecon #currentaccount
Japan’s current account surplus in the April-September period rose 14.1% from a year earlier, hitting a half-year record of ¥17.51 trillion, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/11/economy/japan-current-account-april-september-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators #currentaccount
Japan’s exports have fallen for a second month as the U.S.' tariff campaign continued to weigh on trade, further raising the risk of a technical recession. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/17/companies/japan-exports-down-june/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #trade #economicindicators #currentaccount #tariffs #donaldtrump #cars #japaneseeconomy
Japan's current account surplus hit ¥3,436.4 billion in May, the highest level for the month, thanks partly to a lower trade deficit reflecting the falling cost of natural resources from abroad, government data shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/08/economy/may-current-account-surplus-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators #currentaccount #trade #financeministry
2 Bloomberg: “My underlying view is that the #dollar is in a multi-decade strengthening cycle that’s far from over.”
As Macquarie’s Viktor Shvets has noted, the #greenback is, among other things, alone in running a #currentaccount deficit, enjoys a deep and liquid pool of #assets …🧵
#USD #currencies
Japan's current account surplus hit a record high in fiscal 2024 as a weaker yen boosted dividend and interest flows from overseas, according to a Finance Ministry report. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/05/12/economy/japan-fy-2024-current-account-surplus-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy #currentaccount #trade
Eric Maugendre about carbon“The exported goods are not paid for in gold, however, but are exchanged for a claim, which, even if it is paid for, remains a claim – the only difference being that it is no longer directed at a private entrepreneur, but at a bank. The buyer has exchanged the purchased goods for his bank claim in the case of direct payment.”
Joachim Nanninga, 2022 (in German) https://www.relevante-oekonomik.com/2022/03/02/der-stolperstein-der-zahlungsbilanz-kapitalexport-oder-kapitalimport-das-ist-hier-die-frage/
#currentAccount #imports #exports #credit #debt #money #MMT #tariffs #tradeDeficit #internationalTrade
Der Stolperstein der Zahlungsbilanz: Kapitalexport oder Kapitalimport – das ist hier die Frage! - Relevante Ökonomik
Gibt es unter Keynesianern einen grundlegenden Dissens über die Interpretation der in der Kapitalbilanz – neben der Leistungsbilanz die zweite Teilbilanz der Zahlungsbilanz – erfassten Zusammenhänge? Oder lassen sich vordergründig als widersprüchliche Meinungen erscheinende Positionen bei näherer Prüfung und genauer Klärung der Begriffe womöglich in Wohlgefallen auflösen?
WilliamLMiller1️⃣ Understanding the Current Account
The current account balance reflects a nation’s transactions with the rest of the world—trade in goods and services, investment income, and transfers. Why does this matter? Because it’s a pulse on our global economic health. #CurrentAccount #GlobalEconomy #20postchallenge
The current account balance reflects a nation’s transactions with the rest of the world—trade in goods and services, investment income, and transfers. Why does this matter? Because it’s a pulse on our global economic health. #CurrentAccount #GlobalEconomy #20postchallenge