EU current account surplus €10.5 bn

In the fourth quarter of 2022, the EU seasonally adjusted current account of the balance of payments recorded a surplus of €10.5 billion (0.3% of GDP), compared with a deficit of €80.4 billion (-2.0% of GDP) in the third quarter of 2022 and a surplus of €67.2 billion (+1.8% of GDP) in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.