The Current Account Deficit (CAD) has significantly slid down by 71.2 percent to $1.093 billion during the first seven months of the current fiscal year as compared to the deficit of $3.796 billion during the same period of last year, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP reported Monday. “Current account balance (CAB) showed a deficit of $269 million in Jan 2024. Cumulatively, CAB improved significantly to a deficit of $1.1 billion in Jul-Jan FY24 compared to $ 3.8 billion in Jul-Jan FY23,” SBP posted on the social media website X (formerly Twitter). On a year-on-year basis, the CAD witnessed a deficit of $269 million in January 2024 compared to a deficit of $167 million in January 2023. According to the latest SBP figures, the merchandize trade deficit during July-January (2023-24) was recorded at $11,783 million as compared to the deficit of $17,032 million in July-January (2022-23). Likewise, the services’ trade deficit was recorded at $1,720 million during FY2023-24 compared to the deficit of $233 million during the corresponding period of last year. The overall trade deficit in goods and services was recorded at $13,503 million during the current fiscal year compared to the deficit of $17,264 million during last year.
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