Current account deficit hits €11.2 bln in 2020 after tourism collapse

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Current account deficit hits €11.2 bln in 2020 after tourism collapse

EconomyMacroeconomy 22/02/2021 - 13:01 Tags: BoG, BOP

The financial account showed a deficit of 310.5 million euros during the month against a deficit of 191 million euros seen in the same month of 2019. For the whole of 2020, the account came to a deficit of 7.92 billion euros versus a deficit of 2.25 billion euros the year before.

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