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India's current account gap in July-Sept at 0.6pc of GDP

MUMBAI: India posted a current account deficit of $3.
Published December 13, 2016 Updated December 13, 2016 07:19pm

MUMBAI: India posted a current account deficit of $3.4 billion, or 0.6 percent of gross domestic product, in the July-September quarter, the Reserve Bank of India said in a statement on Tuesday.

That compared with a deficit of $8.5 billion, or 1.7 percent of GDP, in the same quarter a year ago, according to data released by the RBI. In the April-June period, the current account deficit was $300 million or 0.1 percent the GDP.

Meanwhile, the balance of payments was at a surplus of $8.5 billion compared with a deficit of $900 million a year ago, the RBI data showed.

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