Forex reserves set to top $655 billion by March as RBI continues to run down dollar forward book: ReportThe forex kitty declined by USD 2.10 billion to USD 619.365 billion for the week to August 13 due to a fall in the core currency assets and...
23 Aug, 2021, 05.05 PM IST
View: Trusting private parties with forex reserves is like putting a fox to guard the chickensEarly June, reserves touched a record high of $608 billion, making India the world’s fifth-largest reserve-holding country. By any yardstic...
05 Jul, 2021, 12.46 PM IST
India’s now among top 10 buyers of US treasuriesAt the end of October, the count was at a new record high of $222.4 billion, showed latest data.
19 Jan, 2021, 07.29 AM IST
India's forex kitty surge $7.7 billion to a record high of $568.4 billionIn the previous week which ended on October 30, the forex kitty stood at $560.715 billion after increasing by $183 million.
13 Nov, 2020, 06.27 PM IST
RBI invested a record $12.8 bn in US Treasuries in JuneA big chunk of the flow could be attributed to record high forex reserves, which are largely lying idle. The currency market has not seen s...
21 Aug, 2020, 08.17 PM IST
India's Forex Reserves cross half trillion dollars for the first timeA strong kitty allows the RBI to timely intervene in forward and spot currency markets.
12 Jun, 2020, 11.50 PM IST
Currency hedge: RBI buys 15 tonnes of gold in Oct-NovSafety of its forex asset is the prime reason that central banks park foreign exchange assets in the form of gold.
09 Jan, 2020, 08.56 AM IST
India’s likely purchase of $23.2 billion US treasuries second highest in a yearThe central bank purchased $33.8 billion in 2015, show data from Bloomberg.
27 Dec, 2017, 08.22 AM IST
2017: India's second highest investment in US Treasuries26 Dec, 2017, 08.57 PM IST
Dollar inflow may hit return ratios for RBI and other currency holdersIndian investors, predominantly the RBI, increased their holdings of US treasury securities to $91.2 bn in Jan, according to the latest US ...
31 Mar, 2015, 05.50 AM IST
India among top 16 lenders to US as bond investments hit $73 billion in JuneAbout a fifth of India’s foreign exchange reserves of close to $320 billion is now parked in US government bonds.
19 Aug, 2014, 05.46 PM IST
- China concerned about investments in US: Wen
China is concerned about its investments in the United States, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday, as he called on US economic planners to s...
13 Mar, 2009, 03.37 PM IST
- High forex reserves can worsen recession
If Asians keep savings high and Americans do so too, then world demand will fall and recession will become Depression. Global stimulus pack...
08 Feb, 2009, 05.05 PM IST
- RBI joins fight against credit crisis
The liquidity in the money market is expected to ease and inter-bank rates should return to single digits next week.
11 Oct, 2008, 12.57 AM IST
- RBI a custodian, but is biz alien to it?
Central banks worldwide are thinking of whether & how to deploy foreign exchange reserves for "good use".
02 Jul, 2007, 12.45 AM IST
- A patch of green makes for soft landing
The country's fiscal managers led by the Planning Commission may well be pushing the case for utilising the burgeoning foreign exchange res...
27 Oct, 2004, 12.59 AM IST
- Sorry, forex reserves out of reach
Here's a roadblock that the new Congress-led government may have to encounter straight away.
19 May, 2004, 01.54 AM IST