RBI announces Measures to address Exchange Rate Volatility - আরবিআই - Reserve Bank of India
RBI announces Measures to address Exchange Rate Volatility
The market perception of likely tapering of US Quantitative Easing has triggered outflows of portfolio investment, particularly from the debt segment. Consequently, the Rupee has depreciated markedly in the last six weeks. Countries with large current account deficits, such as India, have been particularly affected despite their relatively promising economic fundamentals. The exchange rate pressure also evidences that the demand for foreign currency has increased vis-a-vis that of the Rupee in part because of the improving domestic liquidity situation. Against this backdrop, and the need to restore stability to the foreign exchange market, the following measures are announced:
The Reserve Bank will continue to closely monitor the markets, the liquidity situation and the macroeconomic developments and will take such other measures as may be necessary, consistent with the growth-inflation dynamics and macroeconomic stability. Alpana Killawala Press Release: 2013-2014/100 |