The RBI’s net forex purchases surged to $14.4 billion in March—its highest since June 2021—following $20 billion in buy-sell swaps. These actions aimed to infuse rupee liquidity into the banking system and manage forward dollar positions, helping support monetary policy transmission amid a strengthening rupee.
Banks unlikely to reduce deposit rates despite RBI easing
Following the latest repo rate decrease, bankers foresee only slight adjustments to deposit rates. The landscape, characterized by sluggish savings yields and elevated credit-deposit ratios,