The country’s current account gap widened by 77% to $5.286 billion in 2007, according to central bank data.
Details follow (in millions of U.S. dollars):
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS | Jan-Oct'08 | Jan-Oct'07 |
I. CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE | -7,526 | -5,098 |
- Balance of goods | -9,716 | -7,162 |
- Balance of services | -258 | -303 |
- Balance of goods and services | -9,974 | -7,466 |
- Net factor income | -1,056 | -594 |
- Current transfers | 3,504 | 2,962 |
II. FINANCIAL ACCOUNT BALANCE | 7,421 | 5,224 |
- Net foreign direct investments | 2,558 | 1,539 |
- Net long-term credits | -23 | -0.5 |
- Net short-term credits | -18 | 5.0 |
III. ERRORS & OMISSIONS | 85 | 284 |
IV. TOTAL BALANCE | -882 | 1,013 |
($=0.7761 euro)