“At the time, the country had secured a $2.2bn loan, backed by 67 tons of gold reserves. To satisfy the IMF’s concerns about access to the collateral, the RBI had to airlift 47 tons of gold to be deposited offshore with the Bank of England and 20 tons of gold with UBS. While such action is unlikely this time around, if the crisis continues to escalate, Asia’s third largest economy will struggle to grow. Even though economists still do not expect a contraction, it is now a real possibility. Some weakening of the rupee may have been desirable for exporters, but losing control of the exchange rate was not what the RBI had in mind.”
http://www.businessinsider.com/indias-worst-economic-since-1991-gold-airlift-2013-8
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