27/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - According to the latest revisions1, the EU25 external current account2 recorded a deficit of 8.9 billion euro in the third quarter of 2004, as compared with a surplus of 6.4 billion euro in the third quarter of 2003 and a deficit of 7.1billion euro in the second quarter of 2004.
In the third quarter of 2004, compared to the third quarter of 2003, a higher surplus was recorded in the services account (+10.9 bn euro compared to +8.4 bn), while the goods account...