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Romania’s balance of payment deficit narrows by 73 pc, y-o-y

13 martie 2010

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In January 2010, the balance-of-payments current account posted a deficit of 123 million euros, 73.2 percent lower than in January 2009, due largely to the narrower trade deficit (217 million euros, down 55.8 percent year on year), according to data released on Friday by the National Bank of Romania (BNR).

Non-residents’ direct investment in Romania worth 302 million euros (as compared with 1,123 million euros in January 2009) entirely covered the current account deficit in January 2010. The whole amount consisted in equity stakes.
Medium- and long-term external debt at end-January 2010 stood at 64,211 million euros (82.5 percent of total external debt), comparable with the level recorded at end-2009.

Short-term external debt at end-January 2010 totalled 13,657 million euros (17.5 percent of total external debt), down 5.5 percent from year-end 2009. Medium- and long-term external debt service ratio1 ran at 26.6 percent in January 2010, compared with 31.6 percent in 2009. At end-January 2010, goods and services import cover2 stood at 10.3 months versus 8.6 months at year-end 2009.

 

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