RBI conducts 2 VRR auctions as liquidity deficit widens

The Reserve Bank of

T India (RBI) on Monday

conducted two four-

day variable rate repo (VRR)

auctions to infuse liquidity

into the banking system. The

liquidity deficit in the system

widened to %1.93 trillion

on Sunday.

The central bank conducted

two VRR auctions in a day for

the first time on Friday, follow-

ingsix fine-tuning variable rate

reverse repo (VRRR) auctions

between February 2 and 7. This

included two one-day VRRR

auctions on February 6 and 7.

“Because of the strong

demand at the first auction,

they might have come up with

the second one,” a dealer at a

state-owned bank said. “We

are not able to figure out the

exact reason why they are con-

ducting two auctions. They

could have come up with a

larger amount at a single auc-

tion,” he added.

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