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Nikhil Gupta

MOSL: ECOSCOPE-CAD widened to 1.2% of GDP in 2QFY18-However, healthy financial inflows lead to addition of USD9.5b to forex reserves

​ECOSCOPE: CAD widened to 1.2% of GDP in 2QFY18; However, healthy financial inflows lead to addition of USD9.5b to forex reserves

  • India’s current account deficit (CAD) widened to USD7.2b (or 1.2% of GDP) in 2QFY18 from USD3.4b (0.6% of GDP) in the corresponding period last year. This, however, was lower than our estimate of USD8.7b and market consensus of USD8.3b. A surge in the non-oil non-gold trade deficit led to the increase in CAD.
  • Although financial inflows declined to USD16.4b in 2QFY18 from USD25.8b in 1QFY18, they continued to remain at healthy levels and more than offset the CAD. As a result, India added USD9.5b to forex reserves in 2QFY18.
  • Total domestic savings (implied from the difference between investments and CAD) declined to 29.3% of GDP in 2QFY18 from 29.9% in 2QFY17.
  • CAD widened to 1.8% of GDP in 1HFY18 from 0.4% in 1HFY17. Although the CAD is expected to double to 1.4% of GDP in FY18 from 0.7% in FY17, it will continue remaining at comfortable levels.


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