Current account recorded €4 billion surplus in April 2023, down from €31 billion in previous month Current account deficit amounted to €55 billion (0.4% of euro area GDP) in 12 months to April 2023, compared with a surplus of €138 billion (1.1% of euro area GDP) one year earlier In financial account, euro area residents’ net sales of non-euro area portfolio investment securities totalled €106 billion and non-residents’ net acquisitions of euro area portfolio investment securities totalled €219 billion in 12 months to April 2023 The current account of the euro area recorded a surplus of €4 billion in April 2023, a ... (full story)