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Hungary posted a current account deficit of EUR 0.12 billion in the second quarter of 2019, swinging from a EUR 0.3 billion surplus in the same period a year earlier. The goods account switched to EUR 0.40 billion gap from EUR 0.09 billion surplus in Q2 2018 and the secondary income deficit widened to EUR 0.25 billion from EUR 0.24 billion. Meantime, the primary income gap narrowed slightly to EUR 1.61 billion from EUR 1.62 billion and the services surplus rose to EUR 2.13 billion from EUR 2.07 billion.

Hungary’s current account surplus narrowed to EUR 0.33 billion in the first quarter of 2019 from a EUR 0.67 billion surplus in the same period a year earlier. The goods account surplus declined to EUR 0.15 billion from EUR 0.23 billion while the services surplus edged up to EUR 1.61 billion from EUR 1.58 billion. In addition, the secondary income deficit widened to EUR 0.40 billion from EUR 0.18 billion a year earlier and the primary income gap increased to EUR 1 billion from EUR 0.96 billion.

Hungary posted a current account deficit of EUR 0.35 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared to a EUR 0.25 billion surplus in the same period a year earlier, as the goods account shifted to a EUR 0.52 billion gap from a EUR 0.23 billion surplus. Also, the secondary income deficit widened to EUR 0.32 billion from EUR 0.26 billion a year earlier, while the primary income gap narrowed to EUR 1.20 billion from EUR 1.33 million and the services surplus increased to EUR 1.68 billion from EUR 1.62 billion. Considering 2018 full year, the current account surplus narrowed sharply to EUR 0.64 billion from EUR 3.45 billion in 2017.