EU current account surplus €73.0 bn

In the second quarter of 2023, the EU seasonally adjusted current account of the balance of payments recorded a surplus of €73.0 billion (+1.7% of GDP), compared with a surplus of €60.6 billion (+1.5% of GDP) in the first quarter of 2023 and a deficit of €32.6 billion (-0.8% of GDP) in the second quarter of 2022, according to estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.