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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 | |
Q3 2018 | 28,220 | -16,793 | 11,427 | 13.5 |
Q3 2019 | 33,207 | -22,047 | 11,160 | 12.4 |
Q1-Q3 2018 | 86,083 | -52,769 | 33,313 | 13.9 |
Q1-Q3 2019 | 93,515 | -97,904 | -4,388 | -1.7 |
The Balance of Payments current account, a measure of Ireland’s economic flows with the rest of the world, showed a surplus of €11.2bn in the third quarter of 2019. Quarter on quarter, we see large increases in goods exports due to contract manufacturing abroad along with higher profit outflows from the foreign-owned manufacturing sector. Computer services exports have remained largely unchanged from the previous quarter and ICT sector profit outflows have returned to the levels observed in 2018.
Current Account | |
Q2 2017 | -45.5378864208945 |
Q3 2017 | 18.4851609363755 |
Q4 2017 | 15.924476157619 |
Q1 2018 | 14.3462968596149 |
Q2 2018 | 13.7409318262381 |
Q3 2018 | 13.5071542428803 |
Q4 2018 | 1.1704871990633 |
Q1 2019 | 13.0992757213929 |
Q2 2019 | -32.1933255056759 |
Q3 2019 | 12.3645044673245 |
Merchandise | Services | Primary Income | Secondary Income | Balance on Current Account | |
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 |
Q2 2019 | 28.157 | -33.412 | -20.708 | -0.575 | -26.538 |
Q3 2019 | 33.207 | -0.312 | -20.924 | -0.811 | 11.16 |
Other points of note in the Quarter 3 2019 results are:
Direct Investment | Portfolio Investment | Other Investment | Reserve Assets | Balance on Financial Account | |
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 |
Q2 2019 | -49.036 | -14.059 | 25.315 | 0.121 | -37.659 |
Q3 2019 | -1.639 | 34.764 | -35.408 | 0.125 | -2.157 |
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