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Moving Into Fiscal Deficit

March 2009 | Economic Analysis

The central government will turn out a fiscal deficit in FY2009-10 for the first time in a decade. Despite sharply contracting hydrocarbon revenues, the government will nevertheless continue to pursue an expansionary fiscal policy.

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