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Euro area monthly balance of payments (October 2017)
In October 2017 the current account of the euro area recorded a surplus of €30.8 billion.[1] In the financial account, combined direct and portfolio investment recorded net acquisitions of assets of €61 billion and net disposals of liabilities of €18 billion. The current account of the euro area recorded a surplus of €30.8 billion in October 2017 (see Table 1). This reflected surpluses for goods (€26.2 billion), primary income (€9.8 billion) and services (€7.3 billion), which were partly offset by a deficit for secondary income (€12.5 billion). The 12-month cumulated current account for the period ... (full story)