Japan's current account surplus drops 15.7% on year in Nov
TOKYO, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Japan's current account surplus（顺差） fell 15.7 percent in November from a year earlier, the Ministry 1 of Finance said Wednesday.
The nation's current account surplus in the recording 2 period stood at 926.2 billion yen 3 (11.12 billion U.S. dollars), the ministry said.
Additionally, the ministry noted 4 that the balance of trade in goods and services logged a surplus of 160.4 billion yen (1.92 billion U.S. dollars) in November, a drop of 63.6 percent.
The balance of trade is the difference between Japan's exports of goods and services and its imports of goods and services, if all financial（金融） transfers, investments and other components 5 are ignored.
Japan's current account balance is one of the major gauges 6 of the nature of Japan's foreign trade and a current account surplus increases Japan's net foreign assets by the corresponding amount, and a current account deficit 7 does the reverse.
Both government and private payments are included in the calculation.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
- I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
- He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
- He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- the components of a machine 机器部件
- Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。
- A thermometer gauges the temperature. 温度计可测量温度。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The fuel gauges dropped swiftly. 燃料表指针迅速下降。 来自《简明英汉词典》