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Coal shortage could take steam out of the recovery

India is the latest major economy to be facing concerns about energy supply, fuelled by a recent drop in coal inventories. With the economy very reliant on coal for electricity generation, persistent shortages in the fossil fuel would almost certainly weigh on the economic recovery. And it could also stoke inflation.

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