Print Print edition: 2011-11-20

October current account deficit at $220 million

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Current account deficit stood at a provisional $220 million in October, compared with a deficit of $1.034 billion in the previous month, the central bank said. For the July-October period, the deficit stood at a provisional $1.555 billion, compared with $541 million in the same period last year, according to data from the State Bank of Pakistan. The current account recorded a revised surplus of $268 million in 2010/11, compared with a deficit of $3.946 billion in 2009/10.