Rupee Surge
The Indian rupee’s surge to a two-month high on Thursday signals a broader shift in the global economic landscape, influenced not just by domestic factors but by international dynamics as well.
The Indian rupee’s surge to a two-month high on Thursday signals a broader shift in the global economic landscape, influenced not just by domestic factors but by international dynamics as well.
The minister said that a stable economy will propel India to become one of the top 3 economies in the world.
It is not just Western sanctions on Russia that accelerated the trend to circumvent the dollar, but the strength of the currency in the past year has also posed a challenge.
With the Reserve Bank of India's Inter-Departmental Group having expressed the view that the rupee possesses the potential of evolving into a global currency in the wake of India's resilient economic growth amid global challenges, the potential of such a development is significant for India's economic growth and international standing.
According to RBI's latest data, India's foreign currency assets, the biggest component of the forex reserves, fell by USD 4.38 billion to USD 509.691 billion.
The rupee on Monday ended 31 paise lower at 82.78 at the interbank foreign exchange market. The Indian currency opened 10 paise higher at 82.57 on the support of easing crude oil prices and touched a high of 83.01 during intraday trade.
"Indian economic performance in the first half of 2022-23 has been impressive compared to the world. As measured by PMI composite index, the economic activity level was higher for India at 56.7 compared to 51.0 for the World level during April-Sept 2022," said the economic review which was released on Saturday by the Finance Ministry.
India's foreign exchange reserves during the week that ended on October 14 fell to an over two-year low of USD 528.367 billion, a drop of USD 4.5 billion from the previous week.
The rupee touched a historic low of 83.18 against the dollar briefly during intraday trading, before it closed at 82.74 on Wednesday. However, the rupee's close of 82.74 was lower than Tuesday's close of 82.45 against the dollar.
As the rupee continues with its downward trend against the dollar, touching 82.32 on Friday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that she sees the phenomenon as the dollar strengthening and not the Indian currency sliding.
