2014-07-14
In May 2014, the build-up of the the current account balance in surplus (LTL 428.8 million) was driven by increases in the balances of secondary income and services in surplus. The positive financial account balance (LTL 848.3 million) resulted from a significant increase in the stocks of official reserve assets.
It should be noted that the balance of payments for May 2014 has been compiled following the requirements of the recast of the Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6), while the presented balances for January–March 2014 have been recalculated.
The above data was released by the Statistics Department of the Bank of Lithuania.
For more information see the Bank of Lithuania’s Statistical Release (30.3 KB download icon). Comprehensive data is presented on the website of the Bank of Lithuania.