TIRANA (Albania), December 11 (SeeNews) – Albania posted a current account deficit of 146.4 million euro ($166.9 million) in the third quarter of 2018, compared to a shortfall of 142.8 million euro in the same period of 2017, the central bank said.
On a quarterly comparison basis, Albania's current account gap narrowed by 17% in July-September 2018, Bank of Albania said in a quarterly balance of payments report on Monday.
Details follow (in millions of euro):
|
Q3'18 |
Q2'18 |
Q3'17 |
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-146.4 |
-176.3 |
-142.8 |
- Goods |
-740.6 |
-684.3 |
-753.9 |
- Services |
379.9 |
255.5 |
380.2 |
- Primary income |
-18.5 |
13.7 |
18.8 |
- Secondary income |
232.8 |
238.9 |
212.2 |
CAPITAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
22.9 |
21.2 |
30.4 |
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-165.9 |
-285.2 |
-259.9 |
($=0.87715 euro)