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France Data: Current Account; Direct/Portfolio Investmt Flows

Release for: May 2018
Source: Bank of France
Preliminary estimates in billions of euros
                                   2016   2017  Apr18  May18
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Current Account                   -16.8  -13.1   -1.3   -2.9
Goods                             -34.5  -48.2   -3.9   -4.9
Services                           17.8   26.4    1.7    1.0
Revenues and current transfers      0.0    8.6    0.8    1.0
Capital account                     1.4    1.1   -0.1    0.0
Financial account                 -13.0  -31.9  -13.4   -8.8
Direct investment                  25.4    7.4    2.6   -2.7
French investment abroad           66.3   49.8    6.2    0.4
Foreign investment in France       41.0   42.4    3.6    3.1
Portfolio investment               21.5   19.9   28.1   -2.2
Assets                             41.1   47.9   28.4    1.5
Liabilities                        20.0   28.0    0.3    3.7
Financial derivatives             -15.9   -1.2   -1.7   -1.8
Other investments                  46.2  -54.9  -41.2   -3.3
Reserve assets                      2.2   -3.0   -1.2    1.2
Errors and Omissions                2.4  -19.9  -16.1   -5.0
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Note: Categories independently seasonally adjusted, and so 
may not add to total.
[TOPICS: MTABLE,MAFDA$,M$E$$$,M$F$$$,M$X$$$]

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