EU current account deficit €90.2 bn

In the third quarter of 2022, the EU seasonally adjusted current account of the balance of payments recorded a deficit of €90.2 billion (-2.3% of GDP), down from a deficit of €40.3 billion (-1.0% of GDP) in the second quarter of 2022 and down from a surplus of €74.3 billion (+2.0% of GDP) in the third quarter of 2021, according to estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.