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The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) foreign exchange reserves surged by $12.4 billion in the week ending August 21 to reach $729.33 billion—an all-time high that surpassed the previous record of $728.5 billion set in February.

This surge is not accidental; it reflects a deliberate policy choice. Targeted measures rolled out by the RBI in early June—such as specialized deposit schemes for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)—drove $72.8 billion in capital inflows through August. This demonstrates that the RBI did not simply rely on favorable market conditions, but actively engineered this reserve milestone through direct intervention.

The most critical implication is that these inflows prevented India from posting a current account deficit for a third consecutive year—an unprecedented development. In effect, the RBI is not merely accumulating foreign reserves; it is masking vulnerabilities in the country's external balance.

The fundamental question remains: Do these capital flows represent a lasting structural improvement, or are they merely the temporary byproduct of an incentive program?

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Japan has carried out a historic intervention in the foreign exchange market, spending $96 billion over the past month to support the yen.

To put this figure into perspective, Japan matched roughly the entire amount it spent during its 2022 intervention period in just a single month. The primary driver behind the yen's rapid depreciation against the dollar is the widening interest rate differential between the United States and Japan—while the Bank of Japan maintains its low-interest-rate policy, the Federal Reserve's relatively high rates continue to attract capital toward the dollar.

Historically, while unilateral interventions of this kind can provide short-term relief, downward pressure typically resumes within a few weeks unless the underlying interest rate gap narrows.

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