TIRANA (Albania), December 10 (SeeNews) – Albania's current account was in deficit of 161.2 million euro ($178.3 million) in the third quarter of 2019, compared to a shortfall of 144.0 million euro in the like period of last year, the central bank said on Tuesday.
On a quarterly comparison basis, Albania's current account gap narrowed by 42.5% in the July-September period of 2019, Bank of Albania said in a quarterly balance of payments report.
Details follow (in millions of euro):
|
Q3'19 |
Q2'19 |
Q3'18 |
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-161.2 |
-280.4 |
-144.0 |
-Goods |
-824.6 |
-781.6 |
-740.8 |
- Services |
447.8 |
262.7 |
381.1 |
- Primary income |
-39.9 |
-10.0 |
-17.1 |
- Secondary income |
255.6 |
248.6 |
232.8 |
CAPITAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
19.7 |
12.3 |
22.9 |
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-125.1 |
-309.6 |
-171.8 |
($ = 0.90378 euro)