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TMI BlogRBI conducts forex swap worth USD 10 bn to inject liquidityX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... RBI conducts forex swap worth USD 10 bn to inject liquidity X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... wap auction for a tenor of 3 years was oversubscribed 1.62 times. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said it received 244 bids during the auction and 161 of them were accepted for amount totalling USD 10.06 billion. The auction comes in the backdrop of rupee trading at 87.46 against the US dollar amid global uncertainties. The swap was in the nature of a simple buy/sell foreign exchange swap fr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... om the Reserve Bank side. A bank shall sell US dollars to the Reserve Bank and simultaneously agree to buy the same amount of US dollars at the end of the swap period. While announcing the swap auction last week, the RBI had said: "In order to meet the durable liquidity needs of the system, the Reserve Bank has decided to inject Rupee liquidity for longer duration through long-term USD/INR Buy ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... /Sell swap. Accordingly, the Reserve Bank will be conducting a USD/INR Buy/Sell swap auction of USD 10 billion for a tenor of 3 years." In January also, the RBI had announced liquidity injection worth over Rs 1.5 lakh crore through different instruments, including USD 5 billion forex swap.
The rupee declined 28 paise to 87.46 against the US dollar on Friday. PTI NKD HVA X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e - PIB ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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