The decisive influence of the current account balance was given by the deficit in the trade balance, which stood at EUR 11.714 bn, which is an increase by 8.1% as against the January-August interval in 2007. The dynamics of exports outrun by 3.7% the dynamics of exports in the first 8 months of the year. The current account deficit in the January-August interval was covered 65% with FDI, which registered EUR 6.50 bn, out of which participations to the capital and reinvested profit represented 53.3%, with the intra-group credits standing at 46.7%. 

The foreign debt on a medium and long term recorded on 31 August 2008, the level of EUR 47.461 bn, which is a 23.3% growth as against the level on 31 December 2007. The foreign public debt and publicly guaranteed, hit a balance standing at EUR 10.635 bn on 31 August 2008 and represented 22.4% of the foreign debt ion a medium and long term (as against 26.5% on 31 December 2007). The publicly nonguaranteed foreign debt stood at EUR 30.646 bn on 31 August 2008, that is an increase by 22.3% against that on December 31, 2007. The foreign debt service rate on a medium and long term stood at 24.3% over January-August, compared with 21.8% in 2007. The coverage rate stood at 5.6 months of imports of goods and services on 31 August 2008, as against 6 months on 31 December 2007.