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| 08 April, 2021, 12:07 AM IST | E-Paper
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    How RBI's policy saw rupee post its biggest fall in 20 months

    If the central bank buys dollars from the spot market (via state-owned banks), it releases more rupees into the system that already has surplus liquidity.

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    Currency traders believe long-term VRRR may prompt the central bank to return to spot market intervention as such measures suck out liquidity.

    MUMBAI: The rupee fell the most in 20 months even as India unveiled measures at capping a rise in yields. The local unit closed at 74.56 Wednesday versus 73.43 to the dollar a day earlier, a drop of 1.54%. This is the steepest decline since August 5, 2019. “Today’s (Wednesday’s) move in USDINR seems to be due to the unwinding of offshore positions that were in profit," said Bhaskar Panda, executive vice president at HDFC Bank. "Some traders
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