Wednesday, October 31, 2018

INR update: RBI-Gov spat reports could take USDINR higher



If Section7 has been invoked to overrule the RBI then perhaps it will be safe to infer, that morally the RBI governor will find it difficult to continue. This would not be taken kindly by foreign investors and USDINR could move towards 75. Also comments have shown that the government was more worried about the Rupee fall than the RBI which believed the Rupee fall to be moderate till the beginning of October. Therefore till the issue is resolved RBI might not aggressively defend the Rupee either. This coupled with dollar strength and Indian political uncertainty should result in higher capital outflows from India. The risk is intermittent intervention by RBI and the issue between the government and RBI getting resolved, which would take some time.

USDINR 1m NDF was trading 3p left yesterday and today it is 1p right. Other EMs would not matter much in the current situation and would only affect the pace of move. CMP 74.05, Range 73.95-74.30.



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