India Forex Reserves Fall for Fifth Week, Indicating Intervention

Shaktikanta Das

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India’s foreign exchange pile decreased for a fifth straight week, indicating the central bank has likely been intervening in the market to battle weakness in the rupee.

Reserves slumped by $2.675 billion to $682.13 billion in the week through Nov. 1, the longest streak of declines since last September.