( ) -q-18- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “up almost 16-percent.” Japan has reported its exports rose 7.8% in February from a year earlier on strong shipments of cars and electrical machinery. [CutID: <Cuts> JAPAN-EXPORTS-house-q-THUam.mp3 Time: 18s Title: JAPAN-EXPORTS-house-q-THUam Out-cue: up almost 16-percent] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The strength in exports come as good news, […]
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Japan’s exports rise nearly 8% in February on strong car, machinery shipments
( ) -q-18- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “up almost 16-percent.”
Japan has reported its exports rose 7.8% in February from a year earlier on strong shipments of cars and electrical machinery.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The strength in exports come as good news, coming a day after the Bank of Japan raised a key interest rate for the first time in 17 years, no longer setting it below zero.
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VERBATIM: Government numbers show Japan’s trade deficit sank to $2.5 billion, falling by more than half from a year earlier. Imports of food, medical products and computers climbed. Exports to the United States rose 18% and exports to the EU were up almost 16%.