The country’s current account gap widened by 77% to $5.286 billion in 2007, according to central bank data.
Details follow (in millions of U.S. dollars):
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS | Jan-Sept'08 | Jan-Sept'07 |
I. CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE | -7,024 | -4,320 |
- Balance of goods | -8,760 | -6,176 |
- Balance of services | -224 | -259 |
- Balance of goods and services | -8,984 | -6,436 |
- Net factor income | -879 | -505 |
- Current transfers | 2,839 | 2,620 |
II. FINANCIAL ACCOUNT BALANCE | 6,969 | 4,443 |
- Net foreign direct investments | 2,442 | 1,387 |
- Net long-term credits | -25 | -4.0 |
- Net short-term credits | -21 | 5 |
III. ERRORS & OMISSIONS | 35 | 289 |
IV. TOTAL BALANCE | -49 | 786 |
($=0.7925 euro)