India’s current account surplus had inched up to 1.3 percent of the GDP, compared with 1.1 percent deficit in the previous quarter
India’s merchandise imports grew 6 percent in the third quarter to $186.7 billion, but a pick in demand helped exports rise to $109 billion and bring down goods trade deficit
India expects its trade to rise further in the coming fiscal, as the country targets $1 trillion of exports
Merchandise imports at $176 billion were higher than $111 billion in exports in the first quarter of the fiscal, as exports had contracted compared with the previous year
India’s current account deficit reduced to 0.7 percent of the GDP in FY24, from 2 percent in the previous year, the Economic Survey said
India's goods trade deficit widened to a seventh-month high of $23.78 billion in May. One of the leading causes for the higher gap was a significant jump in the oil import bill. And, one of the reasons for this jump is more expensive Russian oil purchases.
The growth in the services surplus has ensured that the current account deficit remains low.
For the first half of 2023-24, India's current account deficit more than halved to $17.5 bn from $48.8 bn in April-September 2022, Reserve Bank of India data showed.
India's merchandise trade deficit hit an all-time high of $31.46 billion in October as gold imports nearly doubled from last year. But economists remain untroubled and are sticking to their full-year forecasts for the current account deficit
Now CAD at 1.1 percent of GDP is not worrisome at all. But what is troubling is the reason why the deficit has gone up – a fall in services exports! This unexpected fall raises questions about the future growth of India’s services exports and the plentiful jobs this sector has been creating.
According to data released on September 28 by the Reserve Bank of India, India's Current Account Deficit surged to $9.2 billion in the first quarter of 2023-24
In the January-March quarter, India's current account deficit was $1.3 billion, the Reserve Bank of India said
The latest survey of 22 economists showed the current account balance likely recorded a surplus of $3.3 billion, or 0.4% of gross domestic product (GDP), in the last quarter of the 2022/23 fiscal year.
India's current account deficit narrowed more-than-expected to $18.2 billion in the last quarter of 2022
As a percentage of GDP, October-December current account deficit is 2.2 percent compared to 3.7 percent in July-September and 2.7 percent in October-December 2021
The median forecast of 22 economists polled March 16-23 showed a current account deficit of $23.0 billion in October-December 2022, or 2.7% of gross domestic product (GDP). Forecasts ranged from $15.0-$28.0 billion, or 2.0%-3.2% of GDP.
“We are expecting modest recessions in Europe, US, but by the second half of the year, the worst of it will start to fade and we should be on a path of recovery when it comes to exports. But there will be a very gradual recovery in exports."
In less than a month, the cash strapped nations currency has lost more than a quarter of its value against the U.S. dollar after the removal of artificial caps, and fuel prices have risen by more than a fifth as the government implemented fiscal measures required to unlocking funds from an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout.
In January, India's merchandise trade deficit fell to a 12-month low of $17.8 billion, while the services trade surplus surged to an all-time high
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Trade deficit with China widened in 2022, with imports touching $118.5 billion and exports $17.48 billion. The share of India’s imports from China, however, has largely remained unchanged from pre-pandemic levels. This is now leading to calls for higher tariffs in the budget.
India’s current account deficit widened to $36.4 billion or 4.4 of GDP in the third quarter of 2022, from $18.2 billion or 2.2 percent of GDP in the second quarter
The current account gap should narrow to about 2 percent of GDP in 2023 from an estimated 3 percent in 2022
The indexes extended gains for a seventh consecutive year in 2022, but also advanced the least since 2018.
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