RBI Governor reiterates central bank intervention for macro-economic stability

19 Jul 2013 Evaluate

Indian currency which has been on a depreciating run, has become a major concern for the government as well as the Reserve Bank of India. Rupee is now one of the worst performing currencies in the Asian region, down over 10 per cent in the last three months despite recent steps taken by the government and the central bank. In this regard RBI Governor D Subbarao has reiterated that the currency’s exchange rate will largely be market-determined but central bank would intervene to prevent disruptions to macro-economic stability.

Subbarao in a speech at the European Economics and Financial Centre in London said that “We let our exchange rate be largely market determined, but intervene in the market to smooth excess volatility and/or to prevent disruptions to macroeconomic stability.” He further stated that India has been following the ‘middle solution’ to deal with the exchange rate problems. Middle solution implies giving up on some flexibility to maximise overall macro economic advantage. The RBI governor said that in India rupee is only partly convertible, while foreigners enjoy unfettered access to equity markets, access to debt market is limited. Also there are limits on funds which resident corporates and individuals can take out for investment abroad.

The RBI earlier this week had announced a slew of measures like raising short-term lending rates to make it unattractive for banks to borrow rupee at cheap rates by 2% to 10.25% and announcing sale of bonds worth Rs12,000 crore through open market operations to suck liquidity in its bid to check slide of rupee. However, RBI’s steps led to a selloff in banking stocks and there were some downgrade for India’s GDP estimates citing challenges to growth.

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