European Central Bank 7 July 2016, bq160708 (Euro area quarterly balance of payments and international investment position (first quarter of 2016))

PRESS RELEASE Euro area quarterly balance of payments and international investment position (first quarter of 2016) 8 July 2016 The current account of the euro area showed a surplus of €335.3 billion (3.2% of euro area GDP) in the four quarters to the first quarter of 2016.