Balance of payments for quarter II 2018 (preliminary data) [1]
In Q II 2018, the current account of the balance of payments recorded a deficit of US$ 282.10 million, which worsened by 50.6% as against Q II 2017. The capital account registered a deficit of US$ 10.84 million, and the financial account recorded a net capital inflow of US$ 252.39 million.
Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova (BPM6), main aggregates (US$ million)
|
|
2016 |
2016 |
2017 |
2017 |
2017 |
2017 |
2018 |
2018 |
2018 II / 2017 II (%) |
|
I |
II |
I |
II |
III |
IV |
I |
II |
|
|
|
CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-94.73 |
-78.78 |
-120.42 |
-187.34 |
-204.76 |
-49.55 |
-199.63 |
-282.10 |
150.6 |
|
Goods |
-463.38 |
-537.33 |
-522.47 |
-674.76 |
-690.00 |
-681.83 |
-683.17 |
-827.78 |
122.7 |
|
Services |
48.40 |
55.52 |
61.41 |
66.49 |
80.93 |
108.12 |
78.49 |
86.02 |
129.4 |
|
Primary income |
83.73 |
127.94 |
102.73 |
142.22 |
121.95 |
189.67 |
118.48 |
147.94 |
104.0 |
|
Secondary income |
236.52 |
275.09 |
237.91 |
278.71 |
282.36 |
334.49 |
286.57 |
311.72 |
111.8 |
|
CAPITAL ACCOUNT |
-5.88 |
-2.03 |
-5.54 |
-4.10 |
-6.78 |
-4.93 |
-6.85 |
-10.84 |
264.4 |
|
Net borrowing (current and capital account balance) |
-100.61 |
-80.81 |
-125.96 |
-191.44 |
-211.54 |
-54.48 |
-206.48 |
-292.94 |
153.0 |
|
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT |
-185.61 |
-75.21 |
-95.12 |
-160.34 |
-161.46 |
-90.69 |
-237.30 |
-252.39 |
157.4 |
|
Direct investment, net |
-35.77 |
11.70 |
-39.71 |
-35.12 |
-70.82 |
-4.13 |
-99.83 |
-24.82 |
70.7 |
|
Portfolio investment, net |
-0.12 |
-0.12 |
-1.21 |
0.92 |
0.06 |
-0.04 |
-1.09 |
2.07 |
225.0 |
|
Financial derivatives, net |
-0.20 |
-0.29 |
-0.20 |
-0.25 |
0.18 |
-0.16 |
0.83 |
-0.33 |
132.0 |
|
Other investment, net |
-133.98 |
-248.73 |
-91.72 |
-229.64 |
-311.04 |
-255.93 |
-179.95 |
-303.55 |
132.2 |
|
Change in reserve assets |
-15.54 |
162.23 |
37.72 |
103.75 |
220.16 |
169.57 |
42.74 |
74.24 |
71.6 |
|
Net errors and omissions |
-85.00 |
5.60 |
30.84 |
31.10 |
50.08 |
-36.21 |
-30.82 |
40.55 |
130.4 |
|
|
% to GDP |
p.p. |
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|
CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-6.0 |
-4.2 |
-6.9 |
-8.7 |
-6.9 |
-1.8 |
-8.9 |
-10.6 |
-1.9 |
|
Goods |
-29.2 |
-28.7 |
-29.9 |
-31.4 |
-23.1 |
-24.6 |
-30.4 |
-31.2 |
0.2 |
|
Services |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.5 |
3.1 |
2.7 |
3.9 |
3.5 |
3.2 |
0.1 |
|
Primary income |
5.3 |
6.8 |
5.9 |
6.6 |
4.1 |
6.8 |
5.3 |
5.6 |
-1.0 |
|
Secondary income |
14.9 |
14.7 |
13.6 |
13.0 |
9.5 |
12.1 |
12.8 |
11.8 |
-1.2 |
|
CAPITAL ACCOUNT |
-0.4 |
-0.1 |
-0.3 |
-0.2 |
-0.2 |
-0.2 |
-0.3 |
-0.4 |
-0.2 |
|
Net borrowing (current and capital account balance) |
-6.3 |
-4.3 |
-7.2 |
-8.9 |
-7.1 |
-2.0 |
-9.2 |
-11.0 |
-2.1 |
|
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT |
-11.7 |
-4.0 |
-5.4 |
-7.5 |
-5.4 |
-3.3 |
-10.6 |
-9.5 |
1.1 |
|
Direct investment, net |
-2.3 |
0.6 |
-2.3 |
-1.6 |
-2.4 |
-0.1 |
-4.4 |
-0.9 |
3.5 |
|
Portfolio investment and financial derivatives, net |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
Other investment, net |
-8.4 |
-13.3 |
-5.2 |
-10.7 |
-10.4 |
-9.2 |
-8.0 |
-11.4 |
-3.4 |
|
Change in reserve assets |
-1.0 |
8.7 |
2.2 |
4.8 |
7.4 |
6.1 |
1.9 |
2.8 |
0.9 |
Time series in the Interactive database: