November 13 (SeeNews) - Romania's current account balance showed a deficit of 4.191 billion euro ($4.882 billion) in the first nine months of 2017, compared to a gap of 2.885 billion euro a year earlier, the central bank said on Monday, citing provisional data.
The deficit in trade in goods increased by 1.7 billion euro and the surplus in trade in services increased by 42 million euro.
The deficit in primary income narrowed by 562 million euro, while the surplus in secondary income contracted by 210 million euro in the nine months through September as compared to the prior-year period.
In 2016, Romania's current account deficit increased to 4.11 billion euro, from 1.94 billion euro in 2015.
Details on Romania's current account balance follow (in millions of euro):
| |
Jan-Sep'17 |
Jan-Sep'16 |
Current
account |
-4,191 |
-2,885 |
| - goods balance |
-8,187 |
-6,487 |
| - services balance |
5,818 |
5,776 |
| - primary income |
-3,610 |
-4,172 |
| - secondary income |
1,788 |
1,998 |
($= 0.8584 euro)