According to the latest revisions1, the EU272 external current account3 recorded a deficit of 17.2 billion euro in the third quarter of 2007, compared with a deficit of 24.6 bn in the third quarter of 2006 and a deficit of 16.3 bn in the second quarter of 2007. In the third quarter of 2007, compared with the third quarter of 2006, a lower deficit was recorded in the goods account (-41.5 bn eu…