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Japan March current account surplus falls

By: CNBC.com staff

Sunday, 11 May 2014 | 7:55 PM ET

Japan's March current account surplus stood at 116.4 billion yen, data on Monday showed, below analyst forecasts for a 305 billion yen surplus.
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