The 640 million euro current account gap is equivalent to 27.5% of the country’s gross domestic product, the central bank, CBCG, said on its website.
Details follow (in millions of euro):
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS | Jan-Sept'08 | Jan-Sept'07 |
I. CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE | -640 | -269 |
- Balance of goods | -1,084 | -763 |
- Balance of services | 399 | 439 |
- Net factor income | -7.9 | 16 |
- Current transfers | 52 | 40 |
II. FINANCIAL ACCOUNT BALANCE | 615 | 279 |
- Net foreign direct investments | 434 | 376 |
- Net portfolio investments | -9.6 | 16 |
- Net other investments | 273 | 87 |
III. ERRORS & OMISSIONS | -82 | -200 |