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The investment income deficit rose to $13.8bn from $13.3bn in the second quarter 2017 and the secondary income gap increased to $2.3bn from $1.8bn.
In the first half of the year, the current account surplus widened to $53.2bn from $23.9bn in the same period of 2017.
Current Account in Russia averaged $11.8bn from 1994 until 2018 , reaching an all time high of $39.3bn in the first quarter of 2012 and a record low of -$3.8bn in the second quarter of 1998.
5.2.3 Capital flight dynamics
The Bank of Russia forecasts in 2018 the outflow of capital from Russia at $ 19bn against the previously expected $ 16bn, said at a press conference, Central Bank Chairman Elvira Nabiullina.
The forecast of the current account balance in 2018 increased from $ 43bn to $ 59bn, the forecast of foreign exchange reserves - from $ 35bn to $ 50bn.
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