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Table 1.1 Balance of International Payments | € million | |||
Merchandise Balance | Services and Income Balance | Current Account Balance | Current Account Balance as % of GDP | |
Q1 2018 | 29,060 | -17,734 | 11,325 | 14.3 |
Q1 2019 | 32,151 | -21,162 | 10,990 | 13.2 |
Q1-Q4 2017 | 109,119 | -107,660 | 1,457 | 0.5 |
Q1-Q4 2018 | 112,960 | -78,668 | 34,292 | 10.6 |
The Balance of Payments current account, a measure of Ireland’s economic flows with the rest of the world, showed a large surplus in the first quarter of 2019, at €10,990m. A stronger balance from the trade in both goods and services lead to improvements over the previous quarter.
The revised current account balance for the year 2018, at €34.3bn, is up significantly on the 2017 value of €1.5bn, where large imports of intellectual property dominated the series (see Table 1.2).
Current Account | |
Q1 2016 | 1.08381713228808 |
Q2 2016 | -7.14072128705424 |
Q3 2016 | -1.77829680155542 |
Q4 2016 | -8.51023414768543 |
Q1 2017 | 8.69115409372204 |
Q2 2017 | -45.5378863680057 |
Q3 2017 | 18.4851609171481 |
Q4 2017 | 15.9244761416053 |
Q1 2018 | 14.3462968690652 |
Q2 2018 | 13.7409318355348 |
Q3 2018 | 13.5071542511826 |
Q4 2018 | 1.17048719979101 |
Q1 2019 | 13.2090078476472 |
X-axis label | Merchandise | Services | Primary Income | Secondary Income | Balance on Current Account |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1 2017 | 25.187 | -3.437 | -15.139 | -0.616 | 5.994 |
Q2 2017 | 24.546 | -38.743 | -16.392 | -1.17 | -31.759 |
Q3 2017 | 28.663 | 0.26 | -13.902 | -0.626 | 14.395 |
Q4 2017 | 30.723 | -1.571 | -15.63 | -0.694 | 12.827 |
Q1 2018 | 29.06 | -0.151 | -16.681 | -0.902 | 11.325 |
Q2 2018 | 28.803 | -0.986 | -16.269 | -0.987 | 10.561 |
Q3 2018 | 28.22 | 0.527 | -16.561 | -0.759 | 11.427 |
Q4 2018 | 26.877 | -4.961 | -20.22 | -0.718 | 0.979 |
Q1 2019 | 32.151 | -1.224 | -18.682 | -1.256 | 10.99 |
Other points of note in the Quarter 1 2019 results are:
X-axis label | Direct Investment | Portfolio Investment | Other Investment | Reserve Assets | Balance on Financial Account |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1 2017 | -2.307 | -15.609 | 6.19 | -0.101 | -11.827 |
Q2 2017 | -21.375 | -41.427 | 28.371 | 0.163 | -34.268 |
Q3 2017 | 6.488 | 0.452 | 6.86 | 0.235 | 14.035 |
Q4 2017 | -31.389 | -1.059 | 47.706 | 0.102 | 15.36 |
Q1 2018 | 11.865 | 9.333 | -21.878 | -0.022 | -0.702 |
Q2 2018 | 9.67 | -27.047 | 35.166 | 0.005 | 17.794 |
Q3 2018 | 10.784 | -2.409 | 1.68 | 0.209 | 10.265 |
Q4 2018 | -7.918 | 14.452 | -47.944 | 0.578 | -40.832 |
Q1 2019 | 2.627 | -3.748 | 12.795 | 0.002 | 11.675 |
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