Rupee hedging turmoil exposes strain in India's FX market
One-year hedging cost rises to 4.6% amid liquidity strain and market dislocation as traders struggle to unwind positions
The Indian rupee forward market is experiencing significant turmoil, with hedging costs surging to multi-year highs, according to several bankers cited by Hindustan Times. The central bank's recent foreign exchange curbs have rattled markets, making it difficult for traders to manage exposures and strain a key segment of India's currency market where companies hedge exchange-rate risks and banks manage balance-sheet exposures.
The one-year implied hedging cost has jumped over 90 basis points this week to 4.6%, its highest since January 2022, well above the roughly 2% implied by the India-US interest-rate differential. The scale of the divergence suggests severe market dislocation, with bid-ask spreads widening significantly and the three-month implied hedging cost at 7.2% for the rupee, against a theoretical 1.5%.
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