Economics
Japan’s Exports Slide for a Third Month on China-EU Slowdown
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Japan’s exports fell 5.8 percent in August from a year earlier, the third straight decline, on weakness in demand from the European Union and China.
Imports slid 5.4 percent, leaving a trade deficit of 754.1 billion yen ($9.6 billion), the Finance Ministry said in Tokyo today. Median forecasts in Bloomberg News surveys of analysts were for a 7.5 percent export decline and an 829.3 billion yen trade gap.