Japanese BoP current account balance for August has a surplus of 1834.4bn yen
- expected ¥ 1889.6B, prior ¥ 2009.7B
BoP current account adjusted ¥ 1428.8B
- expected ¥ 1516.0B, prior ¥ 1484.7B
Trade balance BoP basis ¥ -219.3B
- expected ¥ -208.0B, prior ¥ -1.0B
Yen unresponsive, not unusual for Japanese data and especially this lot. Oil price rises are increasing the import bill for an energy importer like Japan.
