France's current account deficit narrowed notably to EUR 1.3 billion in August of 2021, from a downwardly revised EUR 3.4 billion in the previous month. The goods deficit shrank to EUR 5.4 billion from an upwardly revised EUR 6.5 billion in July, while the services surplus widened to EUR 3.7 billion from EUR 2.8 billion. Meanwhile, the primary income surplus slightly expanded to EUR 4.2 billion from EUR 4.0 billion and the secondary income gap was unchanged at EUR 3.7 billion. source: Banque de France

Current Account in France averaged -98.14 EUR Million from 1993 until 2021, reaching an all time high of 4784 EUR Million in August of 1998 and a record low of -8013 EUR Million in June of 2020. This page provides - France Current Account - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. France Current Account - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2021.

Current Account in France is expected to be -780.00 EUR Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the France Current Account is projected to trend around -640.00 EUR Million in 2022 and -680.00 EUR Million in 2023, according to our econometric models.

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France Current Account


Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2021-09-08 06:45 AM Jul €-3.5B €-0.9B €-1.4B €-1.6B
2021-10-07 06:45 AM Aug €-1.3B €-3.4B €-2.8B
2021-11-09 07:45 AM Sep €-1.3B


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Balance of Trade -6669.00 -7083.00 EUR Million Aug/21
Current Account -1280.00 -3390.00 EUR Million Aug/21
External Debt 6320729.00 6293036.00 EUR Million Jun/21
Capital Flows -13227.00 -3369.00 EUR Million Aug/21
Foreign Direct Investment 461.00 1645.00 EUR Million Aug/21
Tourism Revenues 5558.00 5077.00 EUR Million Aug/21

News Stream
French Current Account Gap Shrinks Markedly in August
France's current account deficit narrowed notably to EUR 1.3 billion in August of 2021, from a downwardly revised EUR 3.4 billion in the previous month. The goods deficit shrank to EUR 5.4 billion from an upwardly revised EUR 6.5 billion in July, while the services surplus widened to EUR 3.7 billion from EUR 2.8 billion. Meanwhile, the primary income surplus slightly expanded to EUR 4.2 billion from EUR 4.0 billion and the secondary income gap was unchanged at EUR 3.7 billion.
2021-10-07
French Current Account Gap Widens More than Expected
France's current account deficit widened to EUR 3.5 billion in June 2021, from a revised EUR 0.9 billion in the previous month and compared to market expectations of a EUR 1.4 billion gap. The latest reading pointed to the largest gap since September of 2020. The goods deficit expanded to EUR 5.9 billion from EUR 3.8 billion in June, while the services surplus narrowed to EUR 2.8 billion from EUR 3.3 billion. Meanwhile, the primary income surplus was little-changed at EUR 3.6 billion and the secondary income gap was flat at EUR 4.0 billion.
2021-09-08
French Current Account Gap Smallest Since 2019
France's current account deficit narrowed to EUR 0.5 billion in June 2021, the smallest since December 2019, from a revised EUR 2.4 billion in the previous month. The goods deficit fell to EUR 3.4 billion from EUR 3.8 billion in May, and the services surplus rose sharply to EUR 3.3 billion from EUR 1.9 billion. Meanwhile, the primary income surplus was little-changed at EUR 3.5 billion and the secondary income gap was flat at EUR 3.9 billion.
2021-08-06

France Current Account
Current Account is the sum of the balance of trade (exports minus imports of goods and services), net factor income (such as interest and dividends) and net transfer payments (such as foreign aid).