Why a torrent of foreign funds threatens India's tight grip on the rupee

There's growing consensus among traders and fund managers that the mounting pressures -- particularly the liquidity glut distorting money markets -- may spur the central bank to consider changes

A relentless torrent of funds rushing into India’s markets may tip the central bank’s delicate balancing act in 2021.

For most of this year, the Reserve Bank of India has capped currency gains as global investors poured around $50 billion into stocks and stakes in companies. This has boosted rupee liquidity in a banking system that’s already flush with cash from the RBI’s stimulus measures.

There’s growing consensus among traders and fund managers that the mounting pressures -- particularly the liquidity glut distorting money markets -- may spur the central bank to consider a range of changes, from relaxing its grip on