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Friday, 29.03.2024, 16:08
Eurostat: Latvia reports second smallest current account surplus in EU in August
Lithuania had an even smaller surplus– at EUR 0.01 bln,
while Estonia’s surplus reached EUR 0.1 bln.
The 13 EU member states reporting their data had accumulated
surpluses in their current accounts in August.
The largest current account surplus, EUR 17.87 bln, was
recorded in Germany, followed by Italy (EUR 3.37 bln), and Denmark (EUR 2.12 bln).
Altogether, seven EU member states were running current
account deficits in August – France (- EUR 5.75 bln), Poland (- EUR 1.05 bln),
Finland (- EUR 0.17 bln), Slovakia (-EUR 0.12 bln), Belgium (- EUR 0.11 bln),
the Czech Republic (- EUR 0.03 bln), and Romania (- EUR 0.03 bln).
The EU’s seasonally adjusted current account surplus was EUR
13.5 bln in August.
The EU members not reporting their current account data for
August 2016 included Austria, Croatia, Ireland, Cyprus, the UK, the
Netherlands, Spain and Sweden.