TABLE — Czech current account remains in deficit in August

PRAGUE, Oct 14 (Reuters) — The Czech current account showed a deficit of 17.20 billion crowns ($791.53 million) in August, central bank data showed on Wednesday. Analysts polled had forecast a deficit of 20.35 billion crowns after a 34.17 billion crown gap in the previous month. CZECH BALANCE OF PAYMENTS 08/26 07/26 08/25 (CZK billion) I. CURRENT ACCOUNT -17.20 -34.17 -8.83 Goods and services 19.34 15.78 25.10 III. FINANCIAL ACCOUNT -1.44 -6.94 -28.41 Direct Investment 9.56 32.99 7.01 Portfolio Investment 18.04 -7.54 5.29 Financial derivatives -5.92 -3.00 1.04 Other Investments -36.18 -44.95 -74.16 Reserve assets 13.07 15.57 32.42 NOTE. All figures are subject to revision. Details on * To monitor in real-time Czech economic data releases in the Workspace app and view historical data click: reuters://realtime/verb=Open/url=cpurl://apps.cp./Apps/Economic-Monitor?g=2E ($1 = 21.7300 Czech crowns) (Reporting by Jason Hovet) ((prague.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com; +420 234 721 615)