Japan’s Record Run of Annual Trade Deficits Is Set to Continue

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Even with the March surplus reported Wednesday, Japan’s record run of annual trade deficits is poised to continue this year, a survey by Bloomberg shows.

Imports will exceed exports in 2015, according to 8 of 10 economists polled after the monthly data. The median estimate was for a 3.2 trillion yen ($26.8 billion) shortfall in 2015.