Rupee falls to all-time low against US dollar
Notably, the rupee dropped to 85.0650 against the US dollar in early trade, compared to 84.9525 on Wednesday.
Notably, the rupee dropped to 85.0650 against the US dollar in early trade, compared to 84.9525 on Wednesday.
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.
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.
The Indian rupee on Friday, depreciated 16 paise to its all-time low of 82.33 against the dollar owing to a rise in US bond yields and climbing crude oil prices.
On Thursday, the rupee plunged 32 paise to close at an all-time low of 81.94 against the US dollar. High volatility in the crude oil market led to the fall of the rupee.
It might be better for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to allow the rupee to depreciate a bit, letting it find its natural balance, said Soumya Kanti Ghosh in an SBI research report.
Continuing with the consistent depreciation, the rupee slipped further from the recent low and hit another lifetime low at 81.90 against the US dollar on Wednesday morning. In equity markets, Indian stocks extended their losses for the sixth straight session, dragged largely by broad-based selling in the global equities. At 10.08 am, Sensex and Nifty each traded 0.3-0.4 per cent lower.
