January 14 (SeeNews) - Romania's current account recorded a deficit of 8.730 billion euro ($10 billion) in January-November, compared to a deficit of 5.468 billion euro in the year ago period, the central bank said on Monday, citing provisional data.
The deficit on trade in goods widened by 2.535 billion euro, the surplus on services income narrowed by 169 million euro, the deficit of the primary income balance increased by 260 million euro, the central bank said in a balance of payments report. Also, the surplus of the secondary income balance decreased by 298 million euro during January-November.
Romania's current account balance showed a deficit of 4.464 billion euro in 2017, compared to a gap of 3.498 billion euro a year earlier.
Details on Romania's current account balance follow (in millions of euro):
|
Jan-Nov '18 |
Jan-Nov '17 |
Current account |
-8.730 |
-5,468 |
- goods balance |
-13,161 |
-10,626 |
- services balance |
12,685 |
11,210 |
- primary income |
-4,930 |
-4,670 |
- secondary income |
1,882 |
2,180 |
Source: BNR
($=0.8724 euro)