由于全球經(jīng)濟放緩，日本的經(jīng)常項目盈余在五月持續(xù)收縮，機械訂單數(shù)量下滑，大于預計。9日，政府數(shù)據(jù)顯示，日本的經(jīng)常項目盈余2151億日元(約合人民幣172億元)，比上年同期大幅下降62.6%。

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Japan's current account?surplus?continued to narrow and machinery orders fell more than expected in May, as the global slowdown weighed on the nation's economic 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”意為“經(jīng)常項目盈余”。經(jīng)常項目（也稱經(jīng)常賬戶），指的是本國與外國進行經(jīng)濟交易而經(jīng)常發(fā)生的項目，是國際收支平衡表中最主要的項目?！皊urplus”意為“盈余、順差”，是國際收支平衡表上反映出來的貸方余額，即一國在一定時期內(nèi)(通常為一年)對外經(jīng)濟往來的收入總額大于支出總額的差額，逆差則相反。

相關詞匯：

1. economic recovery 經(jīng)濟復蘇

2.?balance of international payments 國際收支平衡表

3.?credit balance 貸方余額

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.
日本每年的經(jīng)常賬戶盈余都達到GDP的約3%，這意味著它對外國資產(chǎn)的所有權每年都在增加。

Monetary policy seems to be too loose for the good of China because of the large current account surplus.
由于中國存在大量的經(jīng)常賬戶盈余，因此，出于中國利益考慮，其貨幣政策似乎過于寬松。

At a fixed exchange rate, a current account surplus not offset by a corresponding voluntary capital outflow will generate an increase in the monetary base.
在匯率固定的情況下，如果沒有相應的自愿資金外流，來抵消經(jīng)常賬戶盈余，就會造成貨幣基礎的增長。