Japan's current account surplus jumps 54.5% in November as trade rebounds

Japan's current account surplus expanded 54.5 percent from a year earlier to 3.35 trillion yen ($21.3 billion) in November, marking the highest level for the month, as the goods trade balance shifted back to positive territory, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday.The current account balance, one of the widest gauges of international trade, remained in the black for the 22nd consecutive month, the ministry said in a preliminary report.Japan's goods trade recorded a surplus of 97.9 billion yen, reversing a deficit of 683.3 billion yen in the previous year, as exports rose 2.8 percent to 8.91 tr…READ FULL ARTICLE