Euro zone current account surplus widens in June

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August 19, 2026 4:15 AM EDT

FILE PHOTO: A shopper pays with a ten Euro bank note at a local market in Nantes, France, September 17, 2024. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

FRANKFURT, Aug ‌19 (Reuters) - ​The ​euro zone's current account surplus widened ‌in June due to higher ⁠primary income, which includes ‌flows such as dividends, ‌wages and direct investment, European Central Bank ​data showed on Wednesday.

The combined current account ⁠surplus of the 21 nations using ​the euro increased to €35.1 billion ($40.7 billion) in June ​from €25.8 billion a ‌month earlier based on seasonally adjusted data. ⁠Unadjusted figures showed a surplus of €46.9 billion from ⁠a deficit of €6.1 billion.

In the ​12 months to June, the bloc's combined balance of payments ‌surplus narrowed to 1.7% of GDP from ‌2.0% in the ⁠preceding 12 ‌months.

($1 = 0.8622 ​euros)

(Reporting by Balazs Koranyi. Editing by Mark ‌Potter)


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