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Why is RBI now cutting down its $100 billion short dollar forward position; how will it impact Rupees?
13-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 destabilising 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.

News Source:- https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/save/why-is-rbi-now-cutting-down-its-100-billion-short-dollar-forward-position-how-will-it-impact-rupee/articleshow/132323368.cms