South Korea Posts Record $14.27 Billion June Current Account Surplus, $13.16 Billion Trade Surplus; Japan, South Africa, Switzerland, China Reserve Updates

South Korea recorded a record high current account surplus of $14.27 billion in June 2025, driven by a strong export performance. The country's goods trade surplus also expanded to $13.16 billion during the same month. In Japan, weekly security flows ending August 1 showed increased net selling of foreign bonds and stocks by Japanese investors, with net sales of ¥526.3 billion and ¥752.1 billion respectively, compared to previous figures of ¥331.6 billion and net buying of ¥206.3 billion. Foreign investors were net sellers of Japanese bonds at ¥87.5 billion, an improvement from the prior ¥184.6 billion net sales. South Africa's net reserves slightly decreased to $65.14 billion in July from $65.22 billion in the previous month, while its gross reserves rose to $69.16 billion from $68.42 billion. Switzerland's foreign currency reserves increased to CHF 716.4 billion in July from CHF 713.0 billion. China’s gold reserves rose marginally to $243.99 billion in July from $242.93 billion, whereas its foreign exchange reserves declined to $3.292 trillion from $3.317 trillion.