Forex

Banks mobilised $127.2 billion through the FCNR(B) swap window by August 31, taking total forex inflows under the RBI facility to $136.4 billion

FCNR(B) deposits accounted for $127.22 billion of the total inflows, while overseas foreign currency borrowings added $5.26 billion and ECBs $3.89 billion

Through July 31, FCNR(B) deposits had accounted for $36.7 billion of the total $40.8 billion in foreign exchange inflows mobilised under the measures.

India's forex reserves jumped USD 12.422 billion to a new all-time high of USD 729.328 billion during the week ended August 21, the RBI said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the kitty had increased USD 9.905 billion to USD 716.907 billion. The previous all-time high had stood at USD 728.494 billion was attained during the week ended February 27 this year, right before the onset of the Middle East conflict. Geopolitical tensions led to several weeks of a drop as the rupee and the RBI had to intervene in the forex market through dollar sales. For the week ended August 21, foreign currency assets, a major component of the reserves, increased USD 9.482 billion to USD 591.333 billion, the central bank's data showed. Expressed in dollar terms, foreign currency assets include the effects of appreciation or depreciation of non-US units, such as the euro, pound, and yen, held in foreign exchange reserves. It can be recalled that the central bank and the government had last month

The central bank turned a net dollar buyer for the first time since February, while its outstanding net short position in the forward market declined in June

India's foreign exchange reserves rose to a four-month high of $707 billion as of August ​7, bolstered by robust inflows under policy ​measures to strengthen India's balance of payments

Thomas Cook's report shows smaller cities driving forex demand as young travellers adopt digital channels and buyers increasingly opt for destination-specific currencies.

The balance of risk improved as downside risk to growth declined along with upside risk to inflation, according to Gaura Sengupta, chief economist at IDFC First Bank

FCNR(B) deposits contributed $36.7 billion as banks raised nearly $41 billion under the RBI's concessional swap facility in less than two months, exceeding the 2013 mobilisation

RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra has said that banks have mobilised $32 billion under recent measures, though the inflows are yet to significantly boost forex reserves, banking liquidity or the rupee

The scale of ‌inflows is in particular focus for ​the rupee, which is facing renewed pressure ‌from a sharp rise in oil prices amid renewed hostilities in the Middle ‌East

India's forex reserves jumped USD 964 million to USD 675.157 billion in the week ended July 10, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall kitty had jumped by USD 7.26 billion to USD 674.193 billion. The kitty had expanded to an all-time high of USD 728.494 billion during the week ended February 27 this year before the onset of the West Asia conflict, which led to several weeks of drop as the rupee came under pressure and the RBI had to intervene in the forex market through dollar sales. For the week ended July 10, foreign currency assets, a major component of the reserves, increased by USD 930 million to USD 546.508 billion, the central bank's data showed. Expressed in dollar terms, the foreign currency assets include effects of appreciation or depreciation of non-US units, such as the euro, pound, and yen, held in the foreign exchange reserves. Value of gold reserves increased by USD 24 million to USD 105.223 billion during the week, the RBI ...

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India's forex reserves dropped USD 5.654 billion to USD 666.933 billion during the week ended June 26, the RBI said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the kitty jumped USD 963 million to USD 672.587 billion. The kitty had expanded to an all-time high of USD 728.494 billion during the week ended February 27 this year before the onset of the West Asia conflict, which led to several weeks of a drop as the rupee came under pressure and the RBI had to intervene in the forex market through dollar sales. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also made multiple public appeals, starting May 11, to countrymen to conserve forex by cutting down on foreign travel, limiting fuel use and refraining from gold buys for a year. For the week ended June 26, foreign currency assets, a major component of the reserves, decreased USD 150 million to USD 541.067 billion, the central bank's data showed. Expressed in dollar terms, the foreign currency assets include effects of appreciation or depreciation

NRI money can steady a wobble but it's not a substitute for durable capital inflows. We need structural changes in the bond and equity markets

The revised framework aligns foreign exchange risk calculations with Basel standards and allows certain structural foreign-currency exposures to be excluded from NOP calculations

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Banks have been asked to furnish daily details of FCNR(B) deposits, ECBs and OFCBs mobilised under the RBI's concessional swap facilities announced on June 8

The medium-term outlook for the banking sector remains constructive, supported by healthy credit growth, stable asset quality and improving liquidity conditions, says Motilal Oswal.

The clock is ticking on the capital inflows that the recent measures of the government and the RBI are expected to garner