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.
Much of the weakness in the rupee is on account of a strong US dollar index and not just because of India's domestic economic fundamentals, said SBI Research in its latest report.
This morning, the Rupee opened 25 paise lower from the previous session to touch a record low of 81.09 versus the US dollar, against Thursday's close of 80.86. Yesterday's depreciation was the biggest single-day fall for the rupee since February 24.
The Indian rupee ended almost flat against the US dollar on Monday, with just 3 paise fall, at 79.77. At the interbank foreign exchange market, rupee ended at 79.77, against 79.74 on the previous trading session against the US dollar.
India will soon start settling trade with Russia in rupees as the State Bank of India has agreed to facilitate the process, the president of India's exporter group, Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), A Shaktivel told reporters on Wednesday.
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said that the Indian rupee has "held its own" and moved in an "orderly manner at a time of sharp depreciation in other currencies".
