Understand the causes of changes in the current account balance, the trade balance, etc.
Goal
To be able to understand the causes of the changes in the current account balance, the trade balance, etc.
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, the trade balance, etc., and understand the causes of the surpluses, the deficits, etc. in the balance for the relevant year.
- Skill 1
- Find where the cause of a surplus, a deficit, etc. appears from expressions such as 要因 (cause) and 起因 (cause)
- Skill 2
- Understand the cause of a surplus, a deficit, etc. from expressions such as 増加 (increase) and 数量の (of the volume)
- Skill 3
- Find where the cause of a change in imports and exports, demand, etc. appears from を背景 ([object marker] + background)
- Skill 4
- Find where the cause of a change in imports and exports, a changes in a balance, etc. appears from により (due to)
- Skill 5
- Understand the cause of a change in imports and exports, a change in a balance, etc. from expressions such as 輸入増 (an increase in imports) and 好調な内需 (strong domestic demand)
- Skill 6
- Understand the multiple causes of a change in imports and exports, a change in a balance, etc. from expressions such as と (and [in an exhaustive list]) and や (and [in an inexhaustive list])
- Skill 7
- Understand the causes of changes in the current account balance, the trade balance, etc.