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International

Renewed policy support lifts rupee from record-low brink to best week since March

2026-10-16T07:01:09.000Z
Supplying US dollars to oil companies uses up reserves, but could mean the RBI has to sell fewer dollars in the spot market to support the rupee.
Global Enterprise

India’s rupee recovery faces test from oil prices, capital outflows

2026-10-13T08:10:44.000Z
For the first time, the RBI introduced a foreign-exchange risk reserve, requiring lenders to hold with the central bank the rupee equivalent of 20% of the notional value of each derivative transaction above US$2 million. 
Banking & Finance

Biggest rupee defence in a decade draws line under 97 per US dollar

2026-10-12T08:59:16.000Z
The nation’s unsecured overnight money market saw no orders in the first 90 minutes of trading for two consecutive days.
Banking & Finance

India’s key money market gets unusually quiet at start of trade

2026-09-04T09:47:19.000Z
The lenders used the RBI-backed incentives to make foreign-currency deposits more attractive by passing on rates as high as 7.75% to overseas Indians. 
Banking & Finance

‘Stratospheric’ US$127 billion from India’s diaspora to aid rupee

2026-09-03T06:22:01.000Z
The rupee climbed to 95.7950 per US dollar, having settled at 96.5625 in the previous session.
International

Rupee extends rally as RBI intervention, oil slump trigger stop losses

2026-07-27T09:44:22.000Z
The rupee was hovering around 96.70 per dollar on Friday.
Banking & Finance

Indian central bank likely steps in to avert rupee record low as oil surges, traders say

2026-07-24T04:29:19.000Z
The RBI’s approach to currency intervention shapes hedging and speculative activity in the foreign exchange market.
Banking & Finance
NEWS ANALYSIS

Indian rupee’s return to near-record lows reflects RBI debate on intervention

2026-07-21T07:09:31.000Z
The RBI also received US$1.34 billion via swap facilities for External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) and US$1.97 billion through Overseas Foreign Currency Borrowings.
Banking & Finance

Indian central bank's capital flow measures draw over US$20 billion in first month

2026-07-20T14:59:43.000Z
Low Indian rates are at the heart of the weak-rupee problem.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

What can India do to stop capital flight?

2026-06-05T05:30:00.000Z
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