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Crude oil up to $65 a barrel not a worry

However, it's already touched $64 a barrel in lieu of recent developments in Saudi Arabia

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The oil market will need more crude from Libya and Nigeria as it re-balances at a faster rate in the second half after a slow start, Opec Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo said on Sunday | Photo: istock

Ishan BakshiIndivjal Dhasmana New Delhi
With crude oil crossing $64 a barrel on the developments in Saudi Arabia, this country's current account deficit (CAD) could see a little more pressure. 

However, the expectation is that this could be financed easily, as capital flows, particularly on the debt side, are robust and will not trigger huge withdrawal from the foreign exchange reserves. These had widened to a four-year high of 2.4 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first quarter of the current financial year.

There should not, say those in the know, be a problem up to a crude oil price of $65

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