Understand the changes in the current account balance and the trade balance
Goal
To be able to understand the changes in the current account balance and the trade balance.
Setting
You are reading the part of a White Paper on International Economy and Trade where the trends in Japan's trading activities are described. Read the text written about the current account balance and the trade balance, and understand the changes in the current account balance and the trade balance for the relevant year.
- Skill 1
- Understand whether a balance is in a surplus or in a deficit from expressions such as 収支は (balance + [topic marker]) and 黒字 (surplus)
- Skill 2
- Understand how balances have changed from expressions such as 転化 (flip) and ぶり (for the first time in ...)
- Skill 3
- Understand whether a balance increased or decreased from expressions such as 額 (amount) and 増加 (increase)
- Skill 4
- Understand the difference in a balance from the previous year from expressions such as 前年比 (from the previous year) and ＋ (increased by)
- Skill 5
- Understand whether a balance is the largest or the smallest from expressions such as 最大 (largest) and 以降 (since)
- Skill 6
- Understand the changes in the current account balance and the trade balance