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The balance of payments' current account recorded a 4.811 bln euro deficit January through July 2018, up 15.59pct as compared to the similar period of 2017, a release by the National bank of Romania (BNR) sent to AGERPRES on Thursday, informs.
According to BNR, the goods' balance in structure saw a deficit higher by 999 million euro, the services' balance recorded a surplus smaller by 255 million euro, the primary incomes' balance registered a deficit down by 820 million euro, and the secondary incomes' balance saw a deficit smaller by 215 million euro.
From January to July 2018, the total external debt grew by 4.105 billion euro. In structure, the long-term external debt counted for 66.959 bln euro at 31 July 2018 (68.6pct of the external debt's total), down 2.4pct against 31 December 2017. The short-term external debt parked on 31 July 2018 at 30.623 bln euro (31.4pct of the external debt's total), up 23.2pct against 31 December 2017.
