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Current account deficit goes up 40 percent six months into 2017

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In January - June 2017, the balance-of-payments current account posted a deficit of EUR 2,745 million, compared with EUR 1,958 million in January - June 2016, going up 40.19 percent, reads a press release the National Bank of Romania (BNR) sent to Agerpres on Monday.

"The deficit on trade in goods widened by EUR 1,051 million, the secondary income and services surpluses narrowed by EUR 247 million and EUR 51 million respectively, while the deficit on primary income contracted by EUR 562 million," the document shows.

In January - June 2017, total external debt increased by EUR 1,889 million. "Long-term external debt at end-June 2017 stood at EUR 69,401 million (73.6 percent of total external debt), up 0.6 percent from end-2016; short-term external debt at end-June 2017 amounted to EUR 24,865 million (26.4 percent of total external debt), up 6.3 percent against end-2016," the BNR release mentions.

Long-term external debt service ratio ran at 23.5 percent in January - June 2017 against 27.4 percent in 2016. At end-June 2017, goods and services import cover stood at 6 months, as compared to 6.3 months at end-2016. "At end-June 2017, the ratio of the National Bank of Romania's foreign exchange reserves to short-term external debt by remaining maturity came in at 85.9 percent, against 90.1 percent at end-2016," according to BNR.

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