Dollar Crunch Worries India Traders as Equity Outflows Grow

  • Rupee has dropped to a series of record lows in recent weeks
  • RBI’s FX strategy accentuating cash dollar shortage: QuantEco
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Traders in India’s foreign-exchange market are bracing for more instances of dollar shortages, as record outflows from the nation’s equities and deteriorating external finances bite.

Some Mumbai-based banks saw a dollar crunch Bloomberg Terminallast week, as outflows from Indian assets add to the pressure, according to Mizuho Bank Ltd. and IFA Global. The rupee dropped to a record low against the greenback on Wednesday.