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Trade deficit: Boon or bane?

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Ila Patnaik New Delhi
 The latest quarterly data on balance of payments released by the RBI last week, reveals a new development: After six consecutive quarters of surpluses, India recorded a current account deficit of $ 1.2 billion in the quarter April-June 2003.

 Trade deficits are generally considered bad news in India. We have a long history of distress owing to large trade deficits.

 Many people have vivid memories of
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First Published: Oct 15 2003 | 12:00 AM IST

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