RBI is playing with FIRE abt intervention in the FWD USDINR market…. Your sins with come back to haunt you … unlike Equities which can be manipulated for years, you can’t do that same with FX and RATES
@RBI EXTENT Of Forward Intervention is #MindBoggling in one #CHART. You can see INR 2yr & 3yr Implied Forward Premium is 7.8% & 7.59% Respectively
& has Actually Increased while the near term 12 Month INR forward is just 2.5%. This kind of DIVERGENCE is SCARY.#RETWEET#MUSTREAD
This is called Timing !!
My tweet was at 1.26pm IST. See the INTRADAY on the INR today … the breakdown happens at 1.57pm IST
I guess I was just lucky I guess since there was NO MOVEMENT in the DXY or regional currencies like the JPY (see Intraday Charts of JPY, INR, DXY)
AN UPDATE ON THE #INR#USDINR. DANGEROUS GAME!! @SaurabhDJosh pointed out that INR onshore 12mth fwd has fallen to just 2.18%.... the only last time this happened was in May 2010 and Sep-2011. In both these scenarios, Off-shore NDF 12 mth fwd Prems also contracted along onshore
But this time, as you can see, the ONSHORE 12 mth USDINR fwd is contracting (2.18%) while the Off-shore NDF 12 month fwd is expanding to 2013 #TaperTantrum levels (8.2%).
Why is this dangerous? IF I WERE an importer, RBI has effectively made my 12 month fwd IMPORTS super cheap
As an importer, I would be signing on more such IMPORT CONTRACTS & promise to pay the exporter over that time frame of 12 months. EFFECTIVELY, RBI is encouraging more & MORE IMPORTS over the next 12 mths when it should be encouraging the opposite "Making Imports expensive"
Meanwhile, EXPORTERS will be encouraged NOT TO HEDGE making the entire market very very illiquid.
@RBI in my view is playing a very dangerous game. Its run out of bullets and BUYING TIME. Its providing Speculators a reason to USE #INR as the #CARRYTRADE. 🤔
Something will SNAP... if @RBI wins, then INR will rally like a coiled spring. But if @RBI loses, the INR will just crash.
ITS IMPORTANT that FX Speculators start viewing #Indias Disclosed FX RESERVES with a pinch of Salt. They have to ADJUST this with the FX Forwards.
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People are asking WHY DID #INR to fall so sharply on FRIDAY to 83.64/USD?
A quick 🧵 explaining why …#RBI
Who BENEFITS most when INR Depreciates?
✅It’s Financial Year end and @RBI has PROFIT targets & DIVIDEND targets of 120,000 Crores to pay Govt of India
✅ when INR Depreciates (#USDINR Rises), @RBI makes profits since it’s ASSETS are USD BONDS/GOLD & it’s LIABILITIES is INR
✅ When #INR depreciates (#USDINR rises), EXPORTS become competitive and IMPORTS become cheaper
✅ When #INR Depreciates, The BIGGEST component of GST (IGST of GST) grows faster since IGST is levied on IMPORTS, Basic & Intermediate Raw Materials, Inventory
#NRI #Remittances will not only #COLLAPSE but they could reverse
A quick thread with implications for the #INR
#NRI #Remittances will not only collapse but they could reverse as outflows unless the DEPOSIT Rates offered by Indian Banks to NRIs are at-least 6-7% $ Rates
Today the US Rates are 1) 4.7% on the US 10yr 2) Investment Grade US bonds offer $6.5% 3) MBS Securities offer $7% at-least 4) US High Yield Bonds are offering $8-9% pa
Compared to that FCNR deposits are at just 5.5-5.8%
FIRST: Every litre of Ethanol, Govt India will lose Rs15-20 in Tax Collections since:
👉Cost of Procuring PETROL is Rs45/lt
👉Cost of Procurement of ETHANOL is Rs65/Lt