April 13 (SeeNews) - Romania's current account balance showed a deficit of 172 million euro ($212 million) in the first two months of 2018, compared to a surplus of 72 million euro in the same period of last year, the central bank said on Friday, citing provisional data.
The deficit on trade in goods widened by 434 million euro, while the surplus in services narrowed by 6 million euro, the central bank said in a balance of payments report for the first two months of the year. Also, the surplus on secondary income narrowed by 2 million euro, while the primary income balance recorded a surplus of 170 million euro, compared with a deficit of 172 million euro in 2017.
Romania's current account balance showed a deficit of 4.464 billion euro in 2017, compared to a gap of 3.498 billion euro a year earlier.
Details on Romania's current account balance follow (in millions of euro):
|
Jan-Feb '18 |
Jan-Feb '17 |
Current account |
-172 |
72 |
- goods balance |
-1,589 |
-1,155 |
- services balance |
1,188 |
1,194 |
- primary income |
170 |
-172 |
- secondary income |
59 |
61 |
($=0.8105 euro)