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Posted on April 16, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleIn February, the euro zone's current account surplus narrowed due to increased goods imports, despite a rise in services surplus, according to ECB data.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The euro zone's current account surplus narrowed in February as a higher services surplus was not big enough to offset a rise in goods imports, European Central Bank data showed on Wednesday.
The currency bloc's seasonally adjusted balance of payments surplus narrowed to 34.3 billion euros in February from 40.3 billion a month earlier, while the unadjusted figure showed an increase to 33.1 billion euros from 18.0 billion euros.
In the 12 months to February, the surplus equalled 2.7% of the bloc's GDP, up from 2.0% in the preceding 12 months.
(Reporting by Balazs Koranyi; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
The article discusses the euro zone's current account surplus narrowing in February due to increased goods imports.
The seasonally adjusted surplus fell to 34.3 billion euros, while the unadjusted surplus increased to 33.1 billion euros.
A higher services surplus was not enough to offset the rise in goods imports.
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