SKOPJE (North Macedonia), March 5 (SeeNews) – North Macedonia's current account showed a deficit of 31.9 million euro ($36.2 million) in 2018, as compared to a 102.9 million euro gap in the like period of last year, official figures show.
In the fourth quarter alone, North Macedonia posted a current account deficit of 107.1 million euro, higher than the 66.1 million euro gap recorded in some period in 2017, according to data published by the central bank NBRM.
Details follow (in millions of euro):
|
2018 |
2017 |
Q4'18 |
Q4'17 |
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-31.9 |
-102.9 |
-107.1 |
-66.1 |
- Goods |
-1,736.6 |
-1,787.9 |
-471.4 |
-503.4 |
- Services |
357.8 |
377.0 |
-47.8 |
53.6 |
- Primary income |
-450.5 |
-397.5 |
-108.2 |
-96.1 |
- Secondary income |
1,797.3 |
1,705.5 |
520.2 |
479.8 |
CAPITAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
6.9 |
18.0 |
6.3 |
5.9 |
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-7.5 |
-94.5 |
-85.3 |
-65.1 |
($ = 0.88137 euro)