The current account surplus grew in March to its widest margin since 2008, helped by an improvement in the trade balance and increased income from overseas.

Japan had a ¥2,8 trillion excess in its broadest measure of trade, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday. The result was wider than a median estimate of ¥2.1 trillion in a Bloomberg survey of economists.

A cheaper energy import bill, combined with an influx of tourists attracted by the weaker yen and increasing income from investments abroad by Japanese companies are helping to increase the surplus.

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