According to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, the EU current account of the balance of payments recorded a surplus of €69.4 billion (1.8% of GDP) in the third quarter of 2017 (Q3 2017), up by €22.1 billion compared with the surplus recorded in the second quarter of 2017 and by €24.6 billion compared with the third quarter of 2016.
The surplus of the EU goods account increased by €43.1 billion in Q3 2017 compared to +€34.1 billion in the...