Japan May current account surplus -8.1 pct y/y

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TOKYO, July 8 (Reuters) - Japan's current account surplus
fell 8.1 percent in May from a year earlier, Ministry of Finance
data showed on Thursday, contrasting with the median market
forecast for a 1.3 percent increase. [JPCURA=ECI]

The decline came after 88 percent growth in the previous
month in a sign of moderating rebounds in exports and income from
investment returns. This was the first fall in 10 months.

The surplus stood at 1.2053 trillion yen ($13.73 billion),
against a median forecast for 1.3282 trillion yen.

Following are details of the current account balance;
economists' median forecast is in parentheses:

(Unadjusted, billion yen)

MAY APRIL MAY YR BEFORE
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Current account

balance +1,205.3(+1,328.2) +1,242.1 +1,311.4
Trade balance +391.0 +859.1 +393.5
Income balance +928.7 +946.0 +1,176.4
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For the full tables, see the MOF's website of at

here
(Reporting by Kaori Kaneko)