December 28 (SeeNews) - Moldova's current account deficit for the first nine months of 2007 more than doubled on the year to $526.61 million (358.8 million euro), data from the country's central bank, BNM, indicated on Friday.
Details follow (in millions of U.S. dollars):
| BALANCE OF PAYMENTS |
Jan-Sept'07 |
Jan-Sept'06 |
| CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-526.61 |
-239.86 |
| - trade |
-1,584.8 |
-1,090.0 |
| - services |
27.06 |
6.70 |
| - income |
262.80 |
270.15 |
| - current transfers |
768.31 |
573.35 |
| FINANCIAL ACCOUNT |
313.34 |
126.38 |
| -direct investments |
290.93 |
136.96 |
| - portfolio investments |
-1.97 |
-1.53 |
| - other investments |
275.63 |
33.45 |
| - reserve assets |
-245.72 |
-25.79 |
| NET ERRORS AND OMISSIONS |
213.27 |
113.48 |
($=0.6813 euro)