Selected Tag: hedging
Selected Tag: hedging

RBI’s FX Barricades Expose the Limits of Borrowed Stability

The RBI’s $143 billion swap mobilisation has failed to ease rupee pressure. Fresh currency controls reveal the limits of debt-funded reserves

Dhananjay Sinha

October 13, 2026 at 2:27 AM IST

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RBI’s FX Moves

RBI Takes Currency Defence into the Derivatives Book with a Reserve Rule

How the RBI’s forex risk reserve changes hedge pricing, why bank charges matter and what could happen if importers leave currency risks unhedged

Anil Katia

October 12, 2026 at 4:18 AM IST

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Why the RBI Uses Buy-Sell FX Swaps and What They Really Mean

RBI’s buy-sell FX swaps are read as rupee signals. They are not. An explainer on why swaps manage liquidity and hedging, not the exchange rate.

V Thiagarajan

January 14, 2026 at 4:24 AM IST

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