Balance of payments for quarter III 2018 (preliminary data)

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 I	2017 II	2017 III	2017 IV	2018 I	2018 II	2018 III	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
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

Time series in the Interactive database:

Balance of payments (BPM6) [2]