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India's CAD likely to widen in June quarter: DBS report

India's current account deficit (CAD) is likely to widen in the June quarter to 1.8-2.0 per cent of GDP while for the current financial year, it is likely to remain under control, says a DBS report. According to the global financial services major, though the widening of CAD is likely to raise concerns "briefly" over wider trade imbalances, the full-year CAD is likely to remain within control.As per official figures, the CAD, which is the difference between the inflow and outflow of foreign exchange, shrank to 1.3 per cent of GDP (USD 27.5 billion) in 2014-15 from 1.7 per cent (USD 32.4 billion) in 2013-14. The Reserve Bank of India and the government have been maintaining that the CAD level is comfortable. The DBS report said that on quarter-on-quarter basis imports rose 2.8 per cent in the June quarter while exports fell 5 per cent. Moreover, service sector trade surpluses also fell for three successive months to May 2015. DBS expects the April-June current account deficit to widen to 1.8-2.0 per cent of GDP, from 0.3 per cent in the quarter before. The report said that more importantly, financing the current account deficit will not be a hurdle given sustained portfolio inflows and supportive FDI flows.

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