January 28, 2025 05:14 GMT
INDIA: RBI Injects Liquidity into System to Avert Cash Squeeze
INDIA
- India’s RBI announced plans to inject INR600bn via bond purchases, and INR500bn via the swaps market on January 30, to ease a liquidity squeeze. A further INR500bn will be injected via reverse repo.
- India’s NIFTY 50 has bounced back from yesterday’s very weak day to be +0.25% higher in early trade.
- INR: the rupee was under pressure from a strengthening USD, weaker by -.215 at 86.52.
- Bonds: new liquidity measures announced by the RBI has given rise to lower yields with the IGB 10YR down by 4bp this morning at 6.645%
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