Reserve Bank loosens grip on yields at auction to leave traders guessing

RBI sold some of 10-year debt at 6.22 per cent on Friday, compared with about 6 per cent in previous auctions

Rising yields at India’s latest government bond auction are signaling the central bank may be reluctantly accepting higher borrowing costs amid a global rout.

The Reserve Bank of India sold some of 10-year debt at 6.22 per cent on Friday, compared with about 6 per cent in previous auctions. That’s after a spike in U.S. Treasury yields and oil prices pushed borrowing costs higher globally.

"The RBI has allowed yields to adjust higher due to global reflationary pressures," said Shailendra Jhingan, chief executive at ICICI Securities Primary Dealership Ltd. "They are allowing an orderly evolution of the yield curve without