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<tr><td>431376</td><td>Sri Lanka Current Account Surplus Expands in Q2</td><td>10/2/2024 10:20:02 AM</td><td>"Sri Lanka's current account surplus expanded sharply to $415 million in the second quarter of 2024, from $51 million in the corresponding period of the previous year. Surplus grew for services account ($722 million vs $666 million in Q2 2023) and secondary income ($1.57 billion vs $1.30 billion). Meanwhile, deficit shrank for goods account ($1.32 billion vs $1.39 billion), while it widened for primary income ($556 million vs $525 million)."</td><td>Sri Lanka</td><td>Current Account</td><td>Sri LankaCA</td><td>/sri-lanka/current-account</td><td>1</td></tr>
<tr><td>431109</td><td>Costa Rica Current Account Gap Widens in Q2</td><td>9/30/2024 10:28:37 PM</td><td>"Costa Rica reported a current account deficit of USD 303.71 million in the second quarter of 2024, significantly widening from a USD 93.77 million deficit in the same period last year. This deterioration was mainly driven by a 32.15% increase in the goods account deficit, which reached USD 601.8 million. Additionally, the primary income deficit expanded by 12.8% year-on-year, totaling USD 2,128.1 million."</td><td>Costa Rica</td><td>Current Account</td><td>COSTARICACURACC</td><td>/costa-rica/current-account</td><td>1</td></tr>
<tr><td>431105</td><td>Uruguay Current Account Swings to Surplus in Q2</td><td>9/30/2024 9:05:20 PM</td><td>"Uruguay's current account shifted to a USD 51 million surplus in the second quarter of 2024, up from an upwardly revised USD 593 million surplus in the same period last year, primarily driven by an increase in the goods balance. The goods and services surplus expanded significantly to USD 1,276 million from USD 682 million a year earlier. Meanwhile, the primary income deficit narrowed slightly to USD 1,267 million from USD 1,308 million, and the secondary income surplus rose to USD 43 million from USD 33 million."</td><td>Uruguay</td><td>Current Account</td><td>URUGUAYCURCOUNT</td><td>/uruguay/current-account</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>431064</td><td>Belgium Current Account Gap Shrinks in Q2</td><td>9/30/2024 2:35:25 PM</td><td>"Belgium's current account deficit narrowed to EUR 2,736 million in the second quarter of 2024 from EUR 5,674 million in the second quarter of 2023. The goods account switched to a surplus of EUR 421 million from a deficit of EUR 2,702 million in the same period of 2023. Moreover, the primary income surplus rose to EUR 2,542 million from EUR 1,882 million, while the secondary income gap narrowed to EUR 1,279 million from EUR 2,047 million a year ago. In the meantime, the services deficit remained largely unchanged at EUR 2,873 million from EUR 2,808 million."</td><td>Belgium</td><td>Current Account</td><td>OEBEB026</td><td>/belgium/current-account</td><td>1</td></tr>
<tr><td>431052</td><td>India Current Account Widens</td><td>9/30/2024 1:09:53 PM</td><td>"India recorded a current account deficit of $9.7 billion in the three months to June of 2024, widening from the revised $8.9 billion in the corresponding period of the previous year. The widening was largely due to a sharp rise in the merchandise trade deficit ($65.1 billion vs $56.7 billion in FY2024Q1). Additionally, the primary account recorded a deficit of $10.7 billion, widening slightly from the $10.2 billion gap. Limiting a sharper widening in the current account gap, the services surplus rose to $39.7 billion from $35.1 billion."</td><td>India</td><td>Current Account</td><td>INBQCUR</td><td>/india/current-account</td><td>0</td></tr>
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