Current account recorded €31 billion surplus in September 2023, unchanged from the previous month Current account surplus amounted to €175 billion (1.2% of euro area GDP) in the 12 months to September 2023, after a €32 billion (0.2%) deficit one year earlier In financial account, euro area residents’ net acquisitions of non-euro area portfolio investment securities totalled €421 billion and non-residents’ net acquisitions of euro area portfolio investment securities totalled €462 billion in the 12 months to September 2023. The current account of the euro area recorded a surplus of €31 billion in September 2023, ... (full story)