- Current account surplus amounted to €269 billion (1.7% of euro area GDP) in the 12 months to April 2026, down from €351 billion (2.3%) one year earlier
- In financial account, euro area residents' net acquisitions of non-euro area portfolio investment securities totalled €794 billion and non-residents' net acquisitions of euro area portfolio investment securities totalled €1,040 billion in the 12 months to April 2026
The current account of the euro area recorded a surplus of €16 billion in April 2026, an increase of €1 billion from the previous month (Chart 1 and Table 1). Surpluses were recorded for goods (€17 billion) and services (€15 billion). These were partly offset by deficits for secondary income (€16 billion) and primary income (€1 billion).
