Eurostat News Release: First estimate for the third quarter of 2014 EU28 current account surplus €7.8 bn – €47.0 bn surplus for trade in services, 25 Νοεμβρίου.
The ΕU28 seasonally adjusted external current account recorded a surplus of €7.8 billion in the third quarter of 2014, compared with a surpluses of €21.2 bn in the second quarter of 2014 and of €17.3 bn in the third quarter of 2013, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
In the third quarter of 2014, compared with the second quarter of 2014, based on seasonally adjusted data, the deficits of the goods account (from -€8.3 bn to -€22.2 bn) and secondary income account (from -€22.1 bn to -€23.0 bn) both increased, while the surplus of the primary income account fell (from +€10.4 bn to +€6.0 bn). The surplus of the services account grew (from +€41.2 bn to +€47.0 bn).
These data are subject to revision.
