National Bank of Moldova: Balance of payments for 2015 (preliminary data)

2014

Q I
2015

Q II
2015

Q III 
2015

Q IV 
2015

2015

2015 / 2014 (%)

CURRENT ACCOUNT

-564.35

-142.37

-127.58

-118.28

-76.01

-464.24

82.3

 Goods and services 

-2931.83

-471.96

-490.06

-519.26

-462.89

-1944.17

66.3

 Goods

-3052.21

-499.55

-519.69

-552.13

-516.71

-2088.08

68.4

     exports (FOB)

1805.47

380.15

386.65

334.05

406.18

1507.03

83.5

     imports (FOB)

4857.68

879.70

906.34

886.18

922.89

3595.11

74.0

  Services

120.38

27.59

29.63

32.87

53.82

143.91

119.5

     exports  

1127.59

216.80

245.48

252.14

260.39

974.81

86.5

     imports 

1007.21

189.21

215.85

219.27

206.57

830.90

82.5

  Primary income

826.92

92.83

68.95

134.39

106.51

402.68

48.7

     inflow, of which:

1118.48

182.15

219.89

211.68

198.82

812.54

72.6

       compensation of employees

1068.22

172.41

211.63

203.80

191.66

779.50

73.0

       investment income

53.07

10.22

8.77

8.66

8.23

35.88

67.6

     outflow, of which:

291.56

89.32

150.94

77.29

92.31

409.86

140.6

      investment income

219.23

70.97

129.01

56.87

69.70

326.55

149.0

  Secondary income

1540.56

236.76

293.53

266.59

280.37

1077.25

69.9

     inflow, of which:

1686.83

268.16

330.00

304.38

315.40

1217.94

72.2

       current international cooperation

347.09

47.65

47.46

44.07

51.90

191.08

55.1

       personal transfers

1015.39

168.88

200.89

192.85

191.26

753.88

74.2

     outflow

146.27

31.40

36.47

37.79

35.03

140.69

96.2

CAPITAL ACCOUNT

94.54

-4.63

8.79

10.03

8.64

22.83

24.1

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current and capital account balance)

-469.81

-147.00

-118.79

-108.25

-67.37

-441.41

94.0

 FINANCIAL ACCOUNT

-563.66

-198.68

-123.54

-80.53

-70.43

-473.18

83.9

   Direct investment

-314.44

-141.84

-77.86

14.42

-60.06

-265.34

84.4

     net acquisition of financial assets

35.49

3.57

0.42

-1.00

2.63

5.62

15.8

     net incurrence of liabilities, of which:

349.93

145.41

78.28

-15.42

62.69

270.96

77.4

      equity and investment fund shares

198.67

62.82

100.36

31.24

39.02

233.44

117.5

       debt instruments

151.26

82.59

-22.08

-46.66

23.67

37.52

24.8

   Portfolio investment

-13.74

-1.55

-2.57

0.59

0.04

-3.49

25.4

     net acquisition of financial assets

-3.43

0.65

-0.90

0.45

-0.10

0.10

-2.9

     net incurrence of liabilities

10.31

2.20

1.67

-0.14

-0.14

3.59

34.8

   Financial derivatives (other than reserve assets) and employee stock options

-0.61

-0.07

-0.15

-0.43

0.11

-0.54

88.5

   Other investment

303.58

257.54

-51.97

-79.04

-23.85

102.68

33.8

     net acquisition of financial assets

338.46

207.27

-58.61

-31.12

-76.08

41.46

12.2

      currency and deposits 

79.04

215.76

-50.91

-11.30

-64.86

88.69

112.2

        loans

29.29

2.70

-4.57

0.45

0.38

-1.04

-3.6

       trade credit and advances 

-12.19

-11.19

-3.13

-20.27

-11.60

-46.19

3.8 times

      other accounts receivable

242.32

       net incurrence of liabilities

34.88

-50.27

-6.64

47.92

-52.23

-61.22

-175.5

      currency and deposits 

-107.88

-42.21

-18.27

-6.99

-52.28

-119.75

111.0

        loans

22.50

-20.92

-18.89

29.89

20.93

11.01

48.9

       trade credit and advances 

125.63

13.86

31.27

26.64

-19.78

51.99

41.4

      other accounts payable

-5.37

-1.00

-0.75

-1.62

-1.10

-4.47

83.2

     Reserve assets

-538.45

-312.76

9.01

-16.07

13.33

-306.49

56.9

Errors and omissions

-93.85

-51.68

-4.75

27.72

-3.06

-31.77

33.9

Note:

Money transfers from abroad in favor of individuals via licensed banks, net

1612.96

243.70

306.77

294.01

284.88

1129.36

70.0