11.   Finance Ministry officials say the surplus will continue to decline, though economists see the pace of the decline slowing.

12.   In addition, the surplus will continue growing, with demand for Japanese electronics, automobiles and machines still strong overseas, economists said.

13.   Japan reported this morning that its trade surplus continued to snowball over the first two-thirds of July.

14.   Maybe the economy will rebound quickly and the budget surplus will continue to grow.

15.   Market reaction was limited as the current account surplus continued its two year string of declines.

16.   Month after month, however, the Japanese have been reporting that their trade surplus continues to grow.

17.   Ministry officials and economists said while it was unlikely the surplus would continue to shrink at this pace, a contracting trend was clearly in place.

18.   Month after month, however, the Japanese have been reporting their trade surplus continues to growing.

19.   Otherwise, he explained, financial and economic problems could develop if these surpluses continued after the governments debt has been repaid.

20.   Reuters news service quoted an unnamed U.S. government official saying the nation would be concerned if the Japanese current account report indicated the surplus would continue rising.