Raising hopes for easing curbs on gold imports, India's current account deficit (CAD) for third quarter (December 2013) dipped sharply to 0.9 per cent for gross domestic product ($ 4.2 billion) from 6.5 per cent of GDP ($ 31.9 billion) in Q3 ended December 2012 on pick up in exports and moderation in imports especially of yellow metal.
CAD was even lower than 1.2 per cent (5.2 billion) for the second quarter Q2 ended September 2013.
In tandem with distinct improvement on current account front, the balance of payments moved into positive territory. There was accretion of $ 19.1 billion to foreign exchange reserves in Q3 of 2013-14 as against meager accretion of $ 0.8 billion in Q3 of 2012-13. In July-September 2013, there was a drawdown of $ 10.4 billion.
For nine month period ended December 2013, the CAD was within Reserve Bank of India's comfort level of 2.5 per cent. For April-December 2013, the CAD was 2.3 per cent (31.1 billion) as against 5.2 per cent ($ 69.8 bill...
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