September’s current account deficit surprised the market to the upside at $3.28bn; the 12-month rolling current account deficit is likely to continue to widen. With this outcome, the gap in the first nine months of the year becomes $49bn, which compares unfavorably with the deficit seen in the same period of 2012 ($38bn). Market consensus error was due to higher than expected gold imports.

There are some developments are worth noting...