* El Salvador’s central bank (BCR) has reported that the country’s current account deficit of the balance of payments reached US$407.3m in the first half of 2018 due to the increase in deficits of goods and primary income. The BCR press release notes for example that the balance of goods registered a deficit of US$2.7bn in the first half of 2018, up 19% year-on-year. Goods exports reached US$2.4bn, up 3.2% on the same period of last year while imports were up 11% to reach US$5.1bn. Exports of services, however, registered a surplus of US$414.5m, up 24.2% on the same period last year – exports of services reached US$1.3bn compared to US$906.4m of imports of services.
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