Romania: Surplus € 327m in Balance of Payments

Politics ♦ Published: April 16, 2013; 10:32 ♦ (Vindobona)

Balance of payments and external debt, February 2013

Romania: Surplus € 327m in Balance of Payments / Picture: © Vindobona.org

In January - February 2013, the balance-of-payments current account posted a surplus of EUR 327 million as compared with a deficit of EUR 657 million in the first two months of 2012, due to the decrease in trade balance and income deficits (by EUR 465 million and EUR 64 million respectively), to services going into surplus (EUR 152 million, from a deficit of EUR 116 million) and to the…