The Indian rupee weakened sharply on Monday, falling alongside most emerging market (EM) currencies after US President Donald Trump threatened new reciprocal tariffs and penalties on countries aligned with BRICS.The rupee ended at 85.85 per US dollar, down 0.54% from Friday’s close of 85.39, after hitting an intraday low of 86.02. The dollar strengthened broadly after Trump unveiled a new tariff policy targeting countries he said are "aligning themselves with the Anti-American policies" of the BRICS group, prompting a selloff in emerging market currencies.In a social media post, Trump said...
As of end-November 2024, the 40-currency trade-weighted Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) stood at 108.13—the highest on record—indicating that the Rupee was significantly overvalued.By end-April, the REER had corrected to 100.80, suggesting the overvaluation had already been addressed. That’s the latest available data, as per the RBI bulletin. However, since then, the Rupee has underperformed its Asian peers.It has been the worst performer—weakening 1.3% against the Dollar—while the offshore Yuan has appreciated 1.1% during the same period.Other Asian currencies have gained between 0.4% and 7%. Based on this trend, the...
The dollar index, which measures the strength of the dollar against a basket of six currencies, fell 0.20 per cent to 97.98.
The Iran-Israel war has become the centre of attention of the world currently because of which the prices of crude oil and gold ae increasing tremendously. Amid this, a new war has started in Asia once again. This is the currency war. India's currency rupee gained after falling against the US dollar on Monday. With the ongoing conflict, prices of crude oil and gold are set to...
The dollar index, which measures the strength of the dollar against a basket of six currencies, fell 0.20 per cent to 97.98.
The Iran-Israel war has become the centre of attention of the world currently because of which the prices of crude oil and gold ae increasing tremendously. Amid this, a new war has started in Asia once again. This is the currency war. India's currency rupee gained after falling against the US dollar on Monday. With the ongoing conflict, prices of crude oil and gold are set to...
Rupee saw a modest gain in early trade on Tuesday, rising 11 paise to settle at 85.93 against the US dollar. This happened even as domestic markets opened weak, global crude prices surged, and the dollar strengthened—factors that usually drag the rupee down. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local currency opened at 85.96 against the dollar and gained further to 85.93, marking an 11 paise rise from Monday’s close of 86.04. RBI Intervention seen as key support level Experts say the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely...