Rise in local bond yields pushes up forward premia

On Monday, the one-year annualised dollar-rupee forward premium rate was at 1.86% as against 1.76% a week ago. A year ago, the premium was at 4.22%. The sharp narrowing of the forward premium rates is owing to the higher quantum of rate hikes carried out by the US Federal Reserve vis-a-vis the tightening conducted by the RBI.

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