Slovak current account shows 831 million euro deficit in December

PRAGUE – Slovakia’s current account hit a deficit of 831 million euros ($944.85 million) in December after a revised gap of 122 million euros in November, the central bank said on Friday.

The November figure was revised from an originally reported deficit of 117 million euros.

For the full-year 2021, the current account deficit reached 1.98 billion euros, the bank’s data showed.

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($1 = 0.8795 euros)

(Reporting by Mirka Krufova; Editing by Jason Hovet)