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Tuesday, September 9, 2025
TopicCurrent Account Deficit

Topic: Current Account Deficit

Economic slowdown narrows India’s Q4 current account deficit to lowest in 2 years

Anirban Nag -
The deficit was $4.6 billion in the January-March period, or 0.7 per cent of GDP.

Palm oil producers hope India’s Diwali buying will boost their fortunes

Anuradha Raghu -
With production in top growers climbing & prices hovering near 3-year lows, last chance to arrest palm oil’s decline is Indian demand ahead of Diwali.

Pakistan to seek IMF bailout as forex reserves fall dangerously

Kamran Haider -
Pakistan’s forex reserves have plunged 40% in 2018 to lowest in almost 4 years. It’s running twin current-account and budget deficits of more than 5% of GDP.

Duty on 19 items increased: Back to License-Raj era or essential to cut down import bill?

ThePrint Team -
The government has hiked import duty on 19 items, including washing machines, air conditioners, footwear, diamonds, jet fuel, as part of its plan to...

Rupee rout prompts Modi govt to raise customs duties on $12 billion of goods

Swansy Afonso -
The taxes on 19 items will be effective Thursday as Modi govt seeks to narrow the current-account deficit and support the rupee.

Modi govt wants RBI to step up efforts to support falling rupee

Anto Antony -
Government officials communicated last week with RBI on the need to intervene more aggressively in the market to support the rupee.

8 percent Indian bond yield is not enough to meet the demand-supply mismatch, flags pimco

Kartik Goyal -
Due to risks from higher oil prices, rising debt supply and a weakening currency, Pacific Investment Management Co. and Schroder Investment Management Ltd. are wary of adding to holdings in Asia’s highest-yielding major market.

India’s oil import addiction is the slick to the economy

Mihir Sharma -
The country’s reliance on monsoon and oil prices equals a not so sunny current account deficit.

Pearls imports fine print hint at capital flight from India

Nupur Acharya -
Trade deficit widened by $1.7 billion in March with jewelry and stones driving a large part of the increase.

With US-China trade war heating up, the sorry state of India’s exports may worsen

Subrata Panda -
World Bank report expresses concern over falling exports; elevated exchange rate, capital crunch due to GST, among others, seen as major causes.
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Bangladeshi Hindus are celebrating CAA extension. It’s their lifeline

Deep Halder -
Bangladeshi Hindu leaders are either in jail or in hiding. And some journalists who tried to report their continued persecution have either lost their jobs or mysteriously died.

Trump has forced us to think clearly. New GST slabs are the first sign of change

GST is not just an economic measure, it’s also a moral one. New tax slabs show that

Economy

What happens to Haryana real estate agents now? Govt agency HSVP to act as broker, take commissions

Sushil Manav -
Gurugram: Stirring a storm in Haryana's real estate circles, the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP)—the state's urban development agency—has taken on the role of...

Defence

Modi to address military brass next week; theaterisation & Op Sindoor on agenda for Kolkata conference

Javaria Rana -
The Combined Commanders’ Conference (CCC) in Kolkata is also likely to see deliberations on the proposed 'Sudarshan Chakra' missile defence system.

National Interest

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

Shekhar Gupta -
In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?

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