BANK
OF JAPAN, RBI CONCLUDE DEAL FOR RAISING BSA TO $50 BILLION
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) and RBI concluded an
agreement that expands the maximum amount of the bilateral swap arrangement
(BSA) between the two countries to USD 50 billion.
The agreement was signed by BOJ Governor Haruhiko
Kuroda and RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday and has become effective as of
10th January 2014, the Reserve Bank of India said in a statement.
"With this agreement, the current BSA, effective for 3 years from 2012 to
2015, is expanded from the original size of USD 15 billion," it
added.
The BSA aims at addressing possible short-term liquidity difficulties and
supplementing the existing international financial arrangements, as one of the
efforts in strengthening mutual cooperation between Japan and India.
"This expansion of the BSA will contribute to the stability of global
financial markets including emerging economies," the RBI said.
The BSA shall be effective until 3rd December 2015.
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