RBI to conduct 3-year dollar/rupee buy/sell swap

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RBI to conduct 3-year dollar/rupee buy/sell swap

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March 2, 2025

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The Reserve Bank of India will conduct a longer duration dollar/rupee buy/sell swap to infuse durable liquidity into the banking system next week, the central bank said on Friday.

The RBI will conduct a three-year buy/sell swap worth $10 billion on February 28. The first leg of the transaction would be settled on March. 4.

This will be the second swap auction by the central bank in a month, after it infused $5.1 billion through a six-month swap on January 31.

Also read: RBI’s $5 billion dollar/rupee swap auction sees strong demand

The RBI has infused more than ₹3.6 trillion ($41.56 billion) of durable liquidity into the banking system through a combination of debt purchases, FX swap and longer duration repos.

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