Page 10 - Current Account Deficit

Centre to stick to fiscal target of 3.3% as tax revenues on the rise: FM

Finance ministry tells PM fiscal deficit target will be met, capex expenditure won't be cut and GDP growth will surpass 7.5%

Govt to stick to capital expenditure, fiscal deficit targets: Arun Jaitley

Jaitley said the primary focus of the Friday meeting was the current account deficit and how to narrow it down

Govt should focus on boosting exports, protectionism won't reduce CAD: FIEO

The govt Friday announced an array of steps, including relaxation for foreign portfolio investments, and curbs on non-essential imports, to contain the widening CAD and check the rupee depreciation

Modi govt announces five-point plan to control current account deficit

Move to have $8-10 bn impact, says DEA secy; non-essential imports to be reduced; more initiatives soon

Structural reforms needed to fix CAD challenges

India's CAD is structural. Growth is not driven by exports

Rupee plunges to record low as current account deficit widens to 5-yr high

The worst may be yet to come as the crude import bill for India surged 76% in July from a year earlier to $10.2 bn

India's Q1 current account deficit (CAD) at 2.4% of GDP: RBI data

In value terms, the CAD was higher at $15.8 billion in April-June this year as against $15 billion in the same quarter of 2017-18

Current account deficit is likely to touch 2.8% of GDP in FY19: SBI report

The merchandise trade imbalance is also expected to rise to USD 188 billion in FY19, compared with USD 160 billion in FY18

CAD set to widen; seen rising to 2.5% of GDP in June quarter: Icra

In the June quarter of FY18, CAD was $ 15 billion, and for the full year of FY18 it stood at 1.9 per cent of the GDP, Icra said in its report

Warnings on the external account: CAD could expand to 2013 levels

The government's approach to the crucial exports sector has been alternately backward-looking and coercive

India's current account deficit to more than double to 1.5% of GDP in FY18

India's CAD rose sharply to $14.3 bn -- 2.4% of GDP -- at the end of first quarter of 2017-18

Q1 current account deficit widens sharply to 2.4% of GDP, says RBI

Widening of CAD primarily due to a higher trade deficit at $41.2 bn, says the central bank

Current account deficit may widen to 3% in Apr-Jun: Nomura

The report said despite the wider current account deficit, financing is not a concern

Led by strong domest growth, CAD to widen to 1.3% of GDP in 2017: Nomura

Said India's trade deficit narrowed to $13 bn in June from $13.8 bn in May, wider than expected

CAD expected to be around 1.4% of GDP in 2017: Nomura

The key risks are rise in protectionism, weaker global growth or a surge in oil prices

Current account deficit widens in Q4 to 0.6% y-o-y

The country's trade deficit narrowed to $112.4 billion in 2016-17

Current account deficit soars to $3.4 bn as imports jump in Q4

Gap between forex earnings, expenses is narrowed from $8 billion in third quarter of FY17

Q3 current account deficit flat at 1.4%

Deficit rose from $3.4 billion, or 0.6% of the GDP, in the July-September period

Current account deficit rises in third quarter

CAD widened primarily on account of a decline in net invisible receipt

Current account deficit to increase 50% to $30 bn in 2017-18: ICRA

Net oil imports are expected to expand by 24 per cent to $67 bn in 2017-18 from $54 bn in 2016-17