oflining 10 1% in the month april. that is thanks to that stronger yen which did appreciate about 5% in the month of april alone. the earthquakes may have impacted the shipments of car parts as well as electronics. shipments to china and shipments rose to.s. fell, but the eu. the drop in oil prices dampening that figure. we are seeing the surplus, the biggest we have seen in six years. $7.5 billion, which is $2.5 billion more than what economist were expecting. what does this mean for policy? around a 1% 10 handle. .10 handle. ministers metnce over the weekend ahead of the leaders summit. what happened? yvonne: really not much happened. it camef appetite when to coming up with a global response on growth. we saw a lot of fiction between the u.s. and japan. we heard from the finance minister, continue to talk about the yen, the recent move had been one-sided, speculative. they did have a meeting with jack lew and he did not think that way at all. he said the disorderly movements, we are far from it. let's listen to the