Czech Current Account Surplus at 5-Month Low
2026-06-12 08:19
By
Jereli Escobar
1 min. read
The Czech Republic’s current account surplus narrowed sharply to CZK 1.2 billion in April 2026 from CZK 27 billion in the same month a year earlier and falling well short of market expectations of CZK 16.3 billion.
This marked the smallest current account surplus since November 2025, as the goods account surplus declined to CZK 22.9 billion from CZK 35.9 billion in April 2025, while the services account surplus narrowed to CZK 5.1 billion from CZK 7.3 billion.
At the same time, the primary income deficit widened to CZK 18.3 billion from CZK 10.5 billion a year earlier, and the secondary income gap increased to CZK 8.5 billion from CZK 5.7 billion.
In the first four months of the year, the country recorded a current account surplus of CZK 71.7 billion, sharply down from CZK 140.5 billion in the corresponding period of 2025.