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Ravi K says protecting rupee more important than interest rates!  Empty Ravi K says protecting rupee more important than interest rates!

Wed Feb 15, 2017 8:13 pm
Reuters: Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said on Tuesday that protecting a fragile rupee was more important than controlling interest rates as the local currency tended not to rebound after depreciation.Untitled-4

His comments came seven weeks after the Central Bank chief said defending the rupee with foreign exchange reserves “doesn’t seem sensible” as it has always been followed by a sharp depreciation.

The rupee has weakened 0.7% so far this year, under pressure due to rising imports and net selling of government securities by foreign investors. It fell 3.9% last year, following a 10% drop in 2015.

“Protecting the rupee is more important than interest rates at the moment,” Karunanayake told Reuters in an interview.

“You can bring back interest rates. When you have a depreciation, it’s gone for life. It never appreciates,” he said adding that past depreciations have failed to encourage exports as expected.

When asked the outlook on the interest rates, Karunanayake said: “There will be some fluctuations. Initially it will go up and then come down.”

The Central Bank kept its key rates steady last week for a sixth straight month, but flagged possible “corrective measures” in the months ahead in a sign further tightening might be on the cards to safeguard a fragile rupee.

Sri Lankan policymakers face a tricky balancing act as the rupee comes under fresh selling pressure, hurt by capital outflows thanks to the Federal Reserve’s more hawkish policy outlook and uncertainty caused by US President Donald Trump’s policies on trade, immigration and international relations.

Foreign investors net sold Rs. 31.38 billion ($ 208.78 million) worth of government securities in the four weeks to 8 February, according to the latest Central Bank data.

Sri Lanka has tightened monetary policy three times since December 2015, while the Government has kept a tight leash on fiscal policy in the past year to trim the budget deficit in line with a condition for a $ 1.5 billion International Monetary Fund loan.

The tightening steps have dragged on the economy, which grew at a slower 4% annual pace in the first nine months of 2016 compared to 5.7% in the same period the year-before.

Karunanayake, however, said he expects the economic growth to be between 5.7% and 6% this year, compared to the Central Bank’s estimated 4.5% growth last year.

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Ravi K says protecting rupee more important than interest rates!  Empty Re: Ravi K says protecting rupee more important than interest rates!

Wed Feb 15, 2017 8:13 pm
RK is right this time..
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Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:12 pm
Further, What he has meant is not protecting rupee by selling USD reserves and printing rupees but to protect local currency using interest rates as a tool.
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The LKR is overvalued and is likely to depreciate in the short term. This is partly because imports are more than exports, which results in the demand for dollars exceeding the supply of dollars. This is a structural problem that needs to be addressed with a structural solution, e.g. by making exports more attractive and by encouraging FDI.

Selling foreign currency reserves to prop up the rupee is a desperate and futile measure - like trying to stop a leaking boat from sinking by bailing the water out with a thimble.

Increasing interest rates can pull in some money from abroad for the medium term, but that money is opportunistic and will probably flow out at some point in the future.
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Thu Feb 16, 2017 6:04 pm
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RK has interests in import businesses and clearance. Why we should give discounts to importers with the cost of USD reserves ?
Interest rates can't be used as a tool to control trade deficit.
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