Rupee

The RBI’s foreign-exchange reserves, which hit a record high of $705 billion in September, slid to an eight-month low of $640 billion as of December 27. The erosion roughly coincided with Donald Trump’s latest presidential election victory. The authority’s forwards book also showed a shortfall of about $60 billion as of November. This means it will have to buy a matching amount to settle maturing contracts or deplete its reserves further.