SKOPJE (North Macedonia), September 2 (SeeNews) – North Macedonia's current account was in deficit of 195.5 million euro ($214.8 million) in the first half of 2019, as compared to a 120.6 million euro gap in the like period of last year, official figures show.
In the second quarter alone, North Macedonia posted a current account deficit of 39.4 million euro, compared with a deficit of 90.8 million euro a year earlier, according to data published by the country's central bank.
Details follow (in millions of euro):
|
H1'19 |
H1'18 |
Q2'19 |
Q2'18 |
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-195.5 |
-120.6 |
-39.4 |
-90.8 |
- Goods |
-906.6 |
-869.6 |
-433.9 |
-406.6 |
- Services |
200.5 |
219.6 |
97.8 |
116.8 |
- Primary income |
-223.7 |
-224.7 |
-111.3 |
-111.2 |
- Secondary income |
734.3 |
754 |
407.9 |
523.1 |
CAPITAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
0.7 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-179.3 |
-122.5 |
-24.6 |
200.4 |
($ = 0.90953 euro)