Balance of payments for Q I 2018 (preliminary data) [1]
According to preliminary data, in Q I 2018, the current account of the balance of payments recorded a deficit of 189.96 million (that worsened by 51.2 percent as compared to Q I 2017), the capital account registered a deficit of US$ 7.27 million and the financial account recorded a net inflow of US$ 119.33 million.
Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova (BPM6), main aggregates (US$ million)
|
|
2016 I |
2017 I |
2017 II |
2017 III |
2017 IV |
2018 I |
2018 I / 2017 I (%) |
|
CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-91.58 |
-125.66 |
-191.42 |
-206.83 |
-93.03 |
-189.96 |
151.2 |
|
Goods |
-463.38 |
-522.46 |
-674.76 |
-689.90 |
-681.88 |
-683.81 |
130.9 |
|
Services |
44.58 |
57.88 |
63.19 |
79.39 |
114.83 |
75.54 |
130.5 |
|
Primary income |
85.30 |
102.56 |
142.76 |
123.78 |
141.70 |
135.48 |
132.1 |
|
Secondary income |
241.92 |
236.36 |
277.39 |
279.90 |
332.32 |
282.83 |
119.7 |
|
CAPITAL ACCOUNT |
-6.98 |
-7.29 |
-6.88 |
-8.83 |
-7.41 |
-7.27 |
99.7 |
|
Net borrowing (current and capital account balance) |
-98.56 |
-132.95 |
-198.30 |
-215.66 |
-100.44 |
-197.23 |
148.3 |
|
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT |
-152.25 |
-112.16 |
-183.82 |
-150.72 |
-123.07 |
-119.33 |
106.4 |
|
Direct investment, net |
-35.04 |
-41.97 |
-31.65 |
-66.13 |
-66.02 |
-82.31 |
196.1 |
|
Portfolio investment, net |
-0.12 |
-1.12 |
0.17 |
0.09 |
-0.14 |
0.38 |
- |
|
Financial derivatives, net |
-0.20 |
-0.20 |
-0.25 |
0.18 |
-0.16 |
0.83 |
- |
|
Other investment, net |
-101.35 |
-106.59 |
-255.84 |
-305.02 |
-226.32 |
-80.97 |
76.0 |
|
Reserve assets |
-15.54 |
37.72 |
103.75 |
220.16 |
169.57 |
42.74 |
113.3 |
|
Net errors and omissions |
-53.69 |
20.79 |
14.48 |
64.94 |
-22.63 |
77.90 |
374.7 |
Time series for the balance of payments (BMP6) are available starting from 2009: