.........This is a racket loathed by central banks in all developed markets and I hope the Reserve Bank of India will also prohibit banks explicitly from creating such fictitious deposits. Apart from ethical questions, there is no way the bank can earn 4 per cent on the dollar deposits in India - together with hedging costs when they lend the funds back in rupees, unless they raise rupee lending rates at the cost of the domestic borrower.
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