Balance of payments for quarter III 2018 (preliminary data) [1]
In QIII 2018, the current account of the balance of payments recorded a deficit of US$ 338,09 million, the capital account registered a deficit of US$ 12,05 million, and the financial account recorded a net capital inflow of US$ 281,43 million.
Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova (BPM6), main aggregates (US$ million)
2017 |
2017 |
2017 |
2017 |
2018 |
2018 |
2018 |
2018 III / 2017 III (%) |
|
CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-120,42 |
-187,34 |
-204,76 |
-49,55 |
-212,09 |
-286,31 |
-338,09 |
165,1 |
Goods |
-522,47 |
-674,76 |
-690,00 |
-681,83 |
-683,16 |
-827,81 |
-882,72 |
127,9 |
Services |
61,41 |
66,49 |
80,93 |
108,12 |
79,03 |
85,83 |
122,77 |
151,7 |
Primary income |
102,73 |
142,22 |
121,95 |
189,67 |
110,09 |
145,88 |
151,48 |
124,2 |
Secondary income |
237,91 |
278,71 |
282,36 |
334,49 |
281,95 |
309,79 |
270,38 |
95,8 |
CAPITAL ACCOUNT |
-5,54 |
-4,10 |
-6,78 |
-4,93 |
-6,64 |
-10,29 |
-12,05 |
177,7 |
Net borrowing (current and capital account balance) |
-125,96 |
-191,44 |
-211,54 |
-54,48 |
-218,73 |
-296,60 |
-350,14 |
165,5 |
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT |
-95,12 |
-160,34 |
-161,46 |
-90,69 |
-192,74 |
-249,95 |
-281,43 |
174,3 |
Direct investment, net |
-39,71 |
-35,12 |
-70,82 |
-4,13 |
-100,68 |
-27,33 |
-16,43 |
23,2 |
Portfolio investment, net |
-1,21 |
0,92 |
0,06 |
-0,04 |
-1,09 |
2,07 |
-0,05 |
- |
Financial derivatives, net |
-0,20 |
-0,25 |
0,18 |
-0,16 |
0,83 |
-0,33 |
-0,12 |
- |
Other investment, net |
-91,72 |
-229,64 |
-311,04 |
-255,93 |
-134,54 |
-298,62 |
-380,60 |
122,4 |
Change in reserve assets |
37,72 |
103,75 |
220,16 |
169,57 |
42,74 |
74,26 |
115,77 |
52,6 |
Net errors and omissions |
30,84 |
31,10 |
50,08 |
-36,21 |
25,99 |
46,65 |
68,71 |
137,2 |
|
% to GDP* |
p.p |
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CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-6,9 |
-8,7 |
-6,9 |
-1,8 |
-9,4 |
-10,8 |
-9,8 |
-3,0 |
Goods |
-29,9 |
-31,4 |
-23,1 |
-24,6 |
-30,4 |
-31,2 |
-25,7 |
-2,6 |
Services |
3,5 |
3,1 |
2,7 |
3,9 |
3,5 |
3,2 |
3,6 |
0,9 |
Primary income |
5,9 |
6,6 |
4,1 |
4,1 |
6,8 |
5,3 |
5,6 |
1,5 |
Secondary income |
13,6 |
13,0 |
9,5 |
12,1 |
12,6 |
11,7 |
7,9 |
-1,6 |
* SNA 2008
p.p. – percentage points
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