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Contrary to bond traders' expectations, RBI is trying to remove cash

The Reserve Bank of India will hold a reverse repo auction of Rs 250 billion of 63-day duration on today

Liquidity management tool: RBI may have to balance old norms with the new
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Subhadip Sircar | Bloomberg
Indian bond traders who were expecting the central bank to keep the cash spigot open may have to rework their calculations.

The Reserve Bank of India will hold a reverse repo auction of Rs 250 billion of 63-day duration on Wednesday, the first such move to use the tool for a longer duration to drain cash. It will hold additional rounds if needed, the central bank said late Tuesday evening.

“The market will read it as no open-market operations by the RBI for now,” said Naveen Singh, head of fixed-income trading at ICICI Securities Primary Dealership in Mumbai.

While the