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Banks must manage own rate risks: RBI

Bloomberg Indian sovereign bonds and the rupee tumbled after a central bank official warned banks they can’t keep relying on the regulator to manage their interest-rate risks, as the rout in the debt market extended into its sixth month. The regular use of regulatory help “isn’t desirable from the point of view of efficient price discovery” in the bond market ...

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PBOC boosts injections to counter liquidity tightening

Bloomberg China’s central bank boosted injections via open-market operations to the most in two months to counter seasonal tightening of liquidity. The People’s Bank of China pumped in a net 270 billion yuan ($42 billion) on Tuesday, as sales of reverse-repurchase agreements more than offset maturities. That’s the most since Nov. 16, data compiled by Bloomberg show. As much as ...

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No rush for dollars in Morocco as looser peg boosts currency

Bloomberg It finally happened: Morocco eased its grip on the dirham. But there was no stampede for dollars and the currency strengthened. Bank al-Maghrib set the reference rate at 9.2184 per dollar even after the central bank widened the dirham fluctuation band to 2.5 percent above or below its peg. And the regulator allocated less than a fifth of the ...

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