由于全球经济放缓,日本的经常项目盈余在五月持续收缩,机械订单数量下滑,大于预计。9日,政府数据显示,日本的经常项目盈余2151亿日元(约合人民币172亿元),比上年同期大幅下降62.6%。
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Japan'scurrent accountsurplus continued to narrow and machinery orders fell more than expected in May, as the global slowdownweighed on the nation'seconomic recovery. Government data released Monday showed the current account surplus dropped 62.6% from a year earlier to ¥215.1 billion ($2.7 billion).
分析:
“current account surplus”意为“经常项目盈余”。经常项目(也称经常账户),指的是本国与外国进行经济交易而经常发生的项目,是国际收支平衡表中最主要的项目。“surplus”意为“盈余、顺差”,是国际收支平衡表上反映出来的贷方余额,即一国在一定时期内(通常为一年)对外经济往来的收入总额大于支出总额的差额,逆差则相反。
相关词汇:
1. economic recovery 经济复苏
2. balance of international payments 国际收支平衡表
3. credit balance 贷方余额
4. deficit 逆差
例句:
Each year, with a current account surplus of about 3 per cent of GDP, it adds to its claims on foreign assets.
日本每年的经常账户盈余都达到GDP的约3%,这意味着它对外国资产的所有权每年都在增加。
Monetary policy seems to be too loose for the good of China because of the large current account surplus.
由于中国存在大量的经常账户盈余,因此,出于中国利益考虑,其货币政策似乎过于宽松。
At a fixed exchange rate, a current account surplus not offsetby a correspondingvoluntarycapital outflowwill generate an increase in the monetary base.
在汇率固定的情况下,如果没有相应的自愿资金外流,来抵消经常账户盈余,就会造成货币基础的增长。