July 29 (SeeNews) - Macedonia's current account deficit widened to 71.5 million euro ($79.9 million) in May from 28.5 million euro a year earlier, mainly on the back of a larger trade deficit, data from the country's central bank, NBRM, indicated on Friday.
The bank revised the April current account data to a gap of 84.1 million euro from an initially reported shortfall of 91.8 million euro.
Details follow (in million euro):
|
May'16 |
April'16* |
May'15 |
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-71.5 |
-84.1 |
-28.5 |
-Goods |
-174.2 |
-175.9 |
-117.4 |
-Services |
18.3 |
26.8 |
14.5 |
-Primary income |
-18.1 |
-22.2 |
-20.2 |
-Secondary income |
102.6 |
87.2 |
94.6 |
CAPITAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
0.0 |
2.5 |
0.1 |
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-79.6 |
-83.1 |
-31.1 |
source: NBRM
*April data are revised.
($=0.8949 euro)