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October 20, 2017EURO AREA CURRENT ACCOUNT, AUGUST 2017 The European Central Bank reported today, that the euro area (EA19) current account (working day and seasonally adjusted) recorded a surplus of €33.3 billion in August 2017. Surpluses in net goods trade (+€28.2 billion), net services trade (+€7.2 billion) and net primary income (+€10.3 billion) account were partially offset by a deficit in net secondary income (-€12.4 billion) account.
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