Balance of payments for Q I 2016 (preliminary data) [1]
In Q I 2016, the current account of the balance of payments recorded a deficit of US$ 104.67 million (down by 26.5 percent compared to January-March 2015), the capital account registered a negative balance of US$ 11.12 million and the financial account recorded a net inflow of US$ 69.88 million.
Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova (BPM6) – main aggregates (US$ million)
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2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
Q I 2016 / Q I 2015 (%) |
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Q I |
Q I |
Q II |
Q III |
Q IV |
Q I |
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CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-150.80 |
-142.37 |
-127.58 |
-118.28 |
-76.01 |
-104.67 |
73.5 |
Goods and services |
-617.17 |
-471.96 |
-490.06 |
-519.26 |
-462.89 |
-417.74 |
88.5 |
Goods |
-650.43 |
-499.55 |
-519.69 |
-552.13 |
-516.71 |
-456.65 |
91.4 |
exports (FOB) |
447.80 |
380.15 |
386.65 |
334.05 |
406.18 |
304.49 |
80.1 |
imports (FOB) |
1,098.23 |
879.70 |
906.34 |
886.18 |
922.89 |
761.14 |
86.5 |
Services |
33.26 |
27.59 |
29.63 |
32.87 |
53.82 |
38.91 |
141.0 |
exports |
258.51 |
216.80 |
245.48 |
252.14 |
260.39 |
223.55 |
103.1 |
imports |
225.25 |
189.21 |
215.85 |
219.27 |
206.57 |
184.64 |
97.6 |
Primary income |
156.17 |
92.83 |
68.95 |
134.39 |
106.51 |
80.74 |
87.0 |
inflow, of which: |
225.74 |
182.15 |
219.89 |
211.68 |
198.82 |
154.49 |
84.8 |
compensation of employees |
214.68 |
172.41 |
211.63 |
203.80 |
191.66 |
147.82 |
85.7 |
investment income |
11.74 |
10.22 |
8.77 |
8.66 |
8.23 |
7.62 |
74.6 |
outflow, of which: |
69.57 |
89.32 |
150.94 |
77.29 |
92.31 |
73.75 |
82.6 |
investment income |
52.62 |
70.97 |
129.01 |
56.87 |
69.70 |
55.58 |
78.3 |
Secondary income |
310.20 |
236.76 |
293.53 |
266.59 |
280.37 |
232.33 |
98.1 |
inflow, of which: |
341.88 |
268.16 |
330.00 |
304.38 |
315.40 |
261.85 |
97.6 |
current international cooperation |
54.86 |
47.65 |
47.46 |
44.07 |
51.90 |
40.66 |
85.3 |
personal transfers |
215.65 |
168.88 |
200.89 |
192.85 |
191.26 |
165.53 |
98.0 |
outflow |
31.68 |
31.40 |
36.47 |
37.79 |
35.03 |
29.52 |
94.0 |
CAPITAL ACCOUNT |
1.59 |
-4.63 |
8.79 |
10.03 |
8.64 |
-11.12 |
2.4 times |
Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current and capital account balance) |
-149.21 |
-147.00 |
-118.79 |
-108.25 |
-67.37 |
-115.79 |
78.8 |
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT |
-194.36 |
-198.68 |
-123.54 |
-80.53 |
-70.43 |
-69.88 |
35.2 |
Direct investment |
-141.90 |
-141.84 |
-77.86 |
14.42 |
-60.06 |
-48.46 |
34.2 |
net acquisition of financial assets |
-0.62 |
3.57 |
0.42 |
-1.00 |
2.63 |
-3.53 |
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net incurrence of liabilities, of which: |
141.28 |
145.41 |
78.28 |
-15.42 |
62.69 |
44.93 |
30.9 |
equity and investment fund shares |
51.18 |
62.82 |
100.36 |
31.24 |
39.02 |
30.79 |
49.0 |
debt instruments |
90.10 |
82.59 |
-22.08 |
-46.66 |
23.67 |
14.14 |
17.1 |
Portfolio investment |
-5.19 |
-1.55 |
-2.57 |
0.59 |
0.04 |
-0.17 |
11.0 |
net acquisition of financial assets |
-2.00 |
0.65 |
-0.90 |
0.45 |
-0.10 |
-0.20 |
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net incurrence of liabilities |
3.19 |
2.20 |
1.67 |
-0.14 |
-0.14 |
-0.03 |
-1.4 |
Financial derivatives (other than reserves) and employee stock options – banks, net value |
-0.19 |
-0.07 |
-0.15 |
-0.43 |
0.11 |
-0.21 |
3.0 times |
Other investment |
49.41 |
257.54 |
-51.97 |
-79.04 |
-23.85 |
-5.50 |
- |
net acquisition of financial assets |
109.12 |
207.27 |
-58.61 |
-31.12 |
-76.08 |
-25.92 |
- |
currency and deposits |
105.99 |
215.76 |
-50.91 |
-11.30 |
-64.86 |
-34.43 |
- |
loans |
-0.03 |
2.70 |
-4.57 |
0.45 |
0.38 |
0.52 |
19.3 |
trade credits and advances |
3.16 |
-11.19 |
-3.13 |
-20.27 |
-11.60 |
7.99 |
- |
net incurrence of liabilities |
59.71 |
-50.27 |
-6.64 |
47.92 |
-52.23 |
-20.42 |
40.6 |
currency and deposits |
76.74 |
-42.21 |
-18.27 |
-6.99 |
-52.28 |
-12.05 |
28.5 |
loans |
-1.88 |
-20.92 |
-18.89 |
29.89 |
20.93 |
-25.17 |
120.3 |
trade credits and advances |
-12.78 |
13.86 |
31.27 |
26.64 |
-19.78 |
17.80 |
128.4 |
other accounts payable |
-2.37 |
-1.00 |
-0.75 |
-1.62 |
-1.10 |
-1.00 |
100.0 |
Reserve assets |
-96.49 |
-312.76 |
9.01 |
-16.07 |
13.33 |
-15.54 |
5.0 |
Net errors and omissions |
-45.15 |
-51.68 |
-4.75 |
27.72 |
-3.06 |
45.91 |
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Supplementary items: |
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Personal remittances |
396.48 |
313.58 |
378.97 |
364.30 |
351.71 |
289.33 |
92.3 |
Note: |
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Money transfers from abroad in favor of individuals via licensed banks, net |
314.14 |
243.70 |
306.77 |
294.01 |
284.88 |
224.14 |
92.0 |
Time series are available starting from 1995 for the balance of payments according to BPM5 and from 2009 for the balance of payments according to BPM6: