{
  "id": 12585653,
  "title": "India's forex reserves fall for fourth week, down $50 bn from Sept peak at $734 bn",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/indias-forex-reserves-fall-for-fourth-week-down-50-bn-from-sept-peak",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-07T08:15:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindu BusinessLine",
    "slug": "hindu-businessline",
    "url": "https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/markets/forex/indias-forex-reserves-fall-for-fourth-week-down-50-bn-from-sep-peak-to-734-bn/article71554797.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "India's foreign exchange reserves declined for a fourth consecutive week, reaching $734.6 billion, as reported in a footnote to Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra's statement. The reserves have fallen from their peak of $785.71 billion on September 4, a decrease of approximately $50 billion in under a month. This drop is attributed to the RBI's dollar sales in the spot market to stabilize the rupee and conduct FX swaps to absorb excess liquidity. Despite these efforts, the rupee has continued to depreciate due to factors such as high oil prices, rising US Treasury yields, and increased foreign equity outflows. The decline intensified on Wednesday, with the currency weakening nearly 0.5 percent to 96.8450 per dollar, nearing its lowest level of 96.96.",
  "summary": "The drawdown reflects the RBI’s dollar sales in the spot market to smooth the rupee’s decline, alongside sell/buy FX swaps aimed at absorbing surplus liquidity",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times - Economy",
        "title": "India's FX reserves fall for fourth week, down $50 billion from September peak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/indias-fx-reserves-fall-for-fourth-week-down-50-billion-from",
        "published": "2026-10-07T07:56:57.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}