ITALY SHOWS SEPTEMBER OVERALL PAYMENTS SURPLUS
Italy's overall balance of payments showed a
919 billion lire surplus in September against a deficit of
1,026 billion in August, provisional Bank of Italy figures
showed.
    The September surplus compared with a shortfall of 1,697
billion lire in September 1986. For the first nine months of
1987, the overall balance of payments showed a deficit of 1,921
billion lire against a 1,725 billion deficit in the same 1986
period.
    The central bank said Italy's one billion dlr Eurobond
launched last month contributed to September's surplus.
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