The current account deficit throughout 2016 decreased, both in terms of amount and percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The increase in the non-oil and gas trade balance surplus and the narrowing of the oil and gas trade balance deficit reduced the current account deficit in the third quarter of 2016.
Indonesia's balance of payments, as released by Bank Indonesia, shows that the current account deficit in the third quarter of 2016 reached US$4.49 billion (1.83 percent of GDP), lower than the previous quarter's US$5 billion (2.16 percent of GDP).
Inflows of foreign funds into the domestic financial market resulted in a financial account surplus of US$9.42 billion in the third quarter of 2016. This is higher than the previous quarter's US$7.5 billion and significantly higher than the same quarter of the previous year, which recorded a surplus of only US$184 million.
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