Despite improvement in services, goods tip current account to deep deficit of 2 bln in May

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Despite improvement in services, goods tip current account to deep deficit of 2 bln in May

EconomyMacroeconomy 22/07/2022 - 11:07 Tags: BoG, BOP

Greece posted a current account (C/A) deficit of 2 billion euros in May, from 1.62 billion euros in April, Bank of Greece (BoG) data showed on Thursday.

In May 2021, the balance showed a deficit of 1.36 billion euros, while in May 2020 the current account posted a deficit of 911 million euros.

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