November 16 (SeeNews) - Serbia's current account deficit fell to 1.27 billion euro ($1.90 billion) through September from 4.56 billion euro a year earlier, preliminary central bank data showed on Monday.
Details follow (in millions of euro):
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS |
Jan-Sept'09 |
Jan-Sept'08 |
I. CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-1,266 |
-4,564 |
- Balance of goods |
-3,465 |
-5,687 |
- Balance of services |
-17 |
-147 |
- Balance of goods and services |
-3,482 |
-5,833 |
- Net factor income |
-348 |
-571 |
II. CAPITAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-1.3 |
13 |
III. FINANCIAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
1,323 |
4,598 |
- Net foreign direct investments |
1,007 |
1,614 |
- Net long-term credits |
13 |
-16 |
- Net short-term credits |
6.9 |
-14 |
IV. ERRORS & OMISSIONS |
-56 |
-47 |
V. TOTAL BALANCE |
1,357 |
2.9 |
($=0.6678 euro)