2009-07-14
In May 2009 a positive surplus in the Current Account of Lithuania’s Balance of Payments amounted to LTL 47.1 million. On a month-to month it increased by LTL 36.3 million.
In January-May, the surplus in the Current Account of the Balance of Payments made up LTL 139.2 million. To compare with a respective period in 2008, the change of the Current Account Balance was equal to LTL 7.8 billion. The Current Account balance surplus in May was entailed by the services balance which again turned to positive. The above data was released today by the Statistics Department of the Bank of Lithuania. For more information on Balance of payments of the Republic of Lithuania, May 2009 see the Bank of Lithuania`s Statistical release.