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Question
What is 'current account deficit' in the balance of payments?
Solution
Current account records all the transactions related to goods and services which affect the
income, output and employment of a country. A deficit in current account arises when payments for import of goods, services and unilateral payments are more than the receipts from the export of goods, services and unilateral receipts.
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