November 6 (SeeNews) - Albania posted a current account deficit of 231.0 million euro ($268.3 million) in the second quarter of 2017, compared to a shortfall of 287.7 million euro in the prior-year quarter, according to data published by the country's central bank on Monday.
The improvement was mainly driven by larger surplus in the services sector, the central bank said.
Details follow (in millions of euro):
|
Q2 '17 |
Q1 '17 |
Q2 '16 |
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-231.0 |
-151.7 |
-287.7 |
- Goods/Services |
-483.1 |
-311.8 |
-555.1 |
- Primary income |
38.6 |
-8.9 |
50.6 |
- Secondary income |
213.4 |
169.0 |
216.8 |
CAPITAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
25.3 |
23.8 |
7.2 |
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-188.0 |
-294.6 |
-267.1 |
($ = 0.86055)