Foreign Money to Help Modi Push Near-Record India Bond Sales

01/25/2024 10:05
Foreign Money to Help Modi Push Near-Record India Bond Sales

Global funds are snapping up India’s sovereign bonds ahead of the country’s addition to global debt indexes, and traders expect them to be a key pillar of demand for the near-record government borrowing in the coming fiscal year.

Global funds are snapping up India’s sovereign bonds ahead of the country’s addition to global debt indexes, and traders expect them to be a key pillar of demand for the near-record government borrowing in the coming fiscal year.

New Delhi will likely announce a gross borrowing of 15.2 trillion rupees ($183 billion) for the year starting April 1, marginally lower than the record 15.43 trillion rupees set for the current year, according to a median estimate in a Bloomberg poll of 21 economists.

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