Selected Tag: Foreign exchange
Selected Tag: Foreign exchange

Monetary Policy

External Stress Needs a Monetary Anchor

Persistent BoP  stress may need pre-emptive rate hikes before currency weakness hardens inflation expectations.

Dhiraj Nim

June 3, 2026 at 8:30 AM IST

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India’s $700 Billion Forex Reserve Cushion Masks Weakening Intervention Firepower

Falling FX assets and rising forward dollar liabilities erode deployable reserves.

Richard Fargose

May 26, 2026 at 8:29 AM IST

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India’s Gold Financialisation Is Changing Ownership More Than Demand

With gold schemes, India did not move away from physical gold; it just gained more ways to own it.

Abhishek Dey

May 22, 2026 at 10:17 AM IST

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Briefing

Borrowed Dollars Won’t Fix India’s External Pressures

RBI risks confusing reserve accumulation with resilience as quasi-sovereign FX mobilisation threatens to create future liabilities instead of lasting stability.

V Thiagarajan

May 7, 2026 at 12:48 PM IST

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Why Central Banks Intervene and Why the FX Rate Matters for the RBI

Capital flows now dominate currency markets, forcing central banks to intervene. This essay explains why exchange rates matter for the RBI’s stability mandate.

Michael Debabrata Patra

March 5, 2026 at 6:28 AM IST

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The Bureau

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