TIRANA (Albania), June 20 (SeeNews) – Albania posted a current account deficit of 164.6 million euro ($190.7 million) in the first quarter of 2018, compared to a shortfall of 148.3 million euro in the same quarter of 2017, according to data from the country's central bank.
On a quarterly comparison basis, Albania's current account gap shrank by 44.1% in January-March 2018.
Details follow (in millions of euro):
|
Q1'18 |
Q4'17 |
Q1'17 |
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-164.6 |
-294.5 |
-148.3 |
- Goods |
-614.5 |
-787.6 |
-587.2 |
- Services |
259.7 |
217.5 |
275.5 |
- Primary income |
-11.2 |
22.5 |
-5.6 |
- Secondary income |
201.4 |
253.1 |
169.0 |
CAPITAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
18.3 |
42.9 |
23.8 |
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-145.8 |
-417.8 |
-295.8 |
($ = 0.86299 euro)