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The current account of the balance of payments registered a deficit of 172 million euro in the first two months of 2018, up 138.8 percent compared to the similar period of 2017, shows a press release of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) issued on Friday for AGERPRES.
According to the document, the balance of goods recorded a deficit higher by 434 million euro, the balance of services and the balance of secondary incomes recorded surpluses by 6 million euro and 2 million euro lower, respectively, while the primary income balance recorded a surplus of 170 million euro, compared with a deficit of 172 million euro.
According to the National Bank of Romania, between January and February 2018, total foreign debt increased by 1.558 billion euro.
In the structure, the long-term foreign debt amounted to 69.503 billion euro on February 28, 2018 (73.1 percent of total foreign debt), up 1.3 percent from December 31, 2017. Short-term foreign debt stood at 25.532 billion euro (26.9 percent of the total foreign debt) on February 28, 2018, up 2.7 percent as compared to December 31, 2017.
