10-July-2026
Markets and Finance
 
RBI faces $100 billion challenge after record currency defense
10-Jul-2026

Over the past two years, India’s central bank built one of the world’s largest bearish dollar bets to support a persistently weak rupee. It now faces the challenge of unwinding that position without destabilizing the currency market. With a spate of recent measures expected to attract foreign capital, the Reserve Bank of India has started trimming its massive short dollar forward position, a stock of commitments to sell the greenback at a future date. The book had ballooned to a record $106.7 billion in May, as per Bloomberg calculations based on RBI data. The balancing act lies in the pace and extent of the unwind.

News Source:- https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/finance/rbi-faces-100-billion-challenge-after-record-currency-defense/articleshow/132302266.cms