Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das has said with the country's foreign exchange reserves at $677 billion, it is comfortably placed to deal with any effect of spillover or any challenge with regard to financing current account deficit (CAD). He noted that over the last three years, the country's foreign exchange reserves have surged by $270 billion. He said ‘as per the latest data, the foreign exchange reserves are $622 billion. Other than that, a lot of forex, amounting to $55 billion, are being held in our forward assets, which will mature from time to time every month.’
To a suggestion of using a small portion of the reserves to finance requirements of the economy, the governor said it was not advisable. They (using reserves) are not in the medium-term, forget long-term, interest of any government, not just for India. Talking on the impact of recent rate actions by major central banks, he said there could be some spillover effects but RBI is confident of maintaining stability of the Indian currency.
Das further said the Indian economy is better placed and on the external front also the country is doing well. He said ‘but, we are living in an uncertain world and there is no reason for complacency. We have to be watchful and we are monitoring very closely.’ The RBI is also monitoring the crude and commodity prices and the volatility very closely.
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