Moldova's current account deficit for the second quarter of 2007 widened by 41.5% on the year to $181.97 million (127.8 million euro), data from the country's central bank, BNM, indicated on Monday.
Details follow (in millions of U.S. dollars):
| BALANCE OF PAYMENTS |
Q2'07 |
Q2'06 |
| CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-181.97 |
-128.61 |
| - trade |
-524.74 |
-388.24 |
| - services |
9.33 |
5.18 |
| - income |
101.22 |
71.26 |
| - current transfers |
232.22 |
183.19 |
| FINANCIAL ACCOUNT |
110.42 |
68.98 |
| -direct investments |
97.04 |
58.32 |
| - portfolio investments |
-3.13 |
-2.85 |
| - other investments |
22.01 |
-59.21 |
| - reserve assets |
87.26 |
27.01 |
| NET ERRORS AND OMISSIONS |
71.55 |
59.63 |
($=0.7023 euro)