The adjusted Q2 surplus changed minimally from the first quarter when it reached 11% of GDP. It was up €1.59 bln from a year earlier.
The unadjusted net external financing capacity came to €2.331 bln in the second quarter, down from the first quarter mainly due a lower surplus on goods.
Net transfers from the European Union totaled €1.908 bln in Q2, up €557 mln from the previous quarter and up €859 mln in one year, the accrual-based figures show. Of the total, current EU transfers reached €503 mln, rising about €200 mln from January-March, and capital transfers reached €1.406 bln, rising €360 mln from Q1.
The current account surplus reached an unadjusted €1.042 bln in Q2.
Adjusted for seasonal effects, the current account surplus came to €1.177 bln, down €195 mln in a quarter. Practically all the drop came from a shrinking surplus on the trade of goods with both exports and imports expanding at a healthy pace for the second quarter in a row.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) of Hungarian investors rose €11 mln in Q2 while foreign investors direct investments in Hungary fell €1.371 bln in the period, figures of the financial account show.
The Q2 figures reveal that foreign investors withdrew net €1.348 bln from their FDI in shares, nearly half of which came from dividends paid out from previous yearʼs profits. Their reinvested profits fell by a further net €1.185 bln. Their liabilities on debt instruments within FDI rose net €1.162 bln. The balance was unaffected by €918 mln of capital in transit.
Hungarian investorsʼ FDI into shares rose €588 mln, even after a 74 mln drop due to paying out dividends from previous yearʼs profits. They reinvested profits of €62 mln in their foreign investments in Q2 while they took €639 mln repayment on debt-type investments.
Net assets of portfolio investments in Hungary rose €1.728 bln in the quarter, almost €700 mln more than in Q1. The bulk of the Q2 rise reflected foreign investorsʼ disinvesting €2.010 bln of Hungarian government securities.
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