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IMF has reclassified India’s exchange-rate regime, two years after the Washington-based lender suggested the country’s central bank was intervening too heavily in the currency market. The IMF labelled the country’s de facto currency regime as “crawl-like arrangement”, marking a change from the previous “stabilised” classification, the agency said in a report released on Wednesday.A crawling…
India’s exchange rate framework came under renewed global scrutiny on Wednesday after the International Monetary Fund reclassified the country’s “de facto” regime as a “crawl-like arrangement”, two years after designating it “stabilised”. The change follows an IMF review conducted earlier this year and could shape how global investors read India’s approach to managing the rupee…
The Indian rupee could come under further strain this week, with traders watching whether the currency edges closer to 90 per US dollar amid limited signs of strong central bank intervention. The rupee touched a record low of 89.49 on the previous Friday and slid 0.8 per cent over the week, driven by portfolio outflows,…
MUMBAI: The rupee closed at a record low of 89.49 against the dollar on Friday, slipping past the earlier floor of 88.80 and triggering stop-loss trades as the currency slid 78 paise from its previous close of 88.71, its sharpest fall since May.Offshore rates weakened toward 89.86, as strong dollar demand and portfolio outflows overwhelmed…
The rupee logged its steepest single-day drop in more than three months on Friday, breaching the 89-per-dollar mark for the first time amid weak sentiment across domestic and global equity markets. The currency fell 78 paise intraday to 89.46 against the US dollar.At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 88.67 before touching…
NEW DELHI: RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Thursday that the central bank does not aim for any particular level for the rupee, and depreciation of rupee is driven purely by market demand, with recent depreciation linked to tariffs. “We do not target any level for the rupee,” Malhotra said at an event at the…
The Indian Rupee could gradually weaken and move towards the psychological level of 90 per US dollar by March 2026, according to a report by Union Bank of India. The bank said the currency’s trajectory will continue to be shaped by both fundamental and technical factors, with the broader depreciation trend likely to persist over…
The Reserve Bank of India’s latest export relief package could weigh on the rupee in the near term, with bankers warning that exporters may now delay bringing back their foreign earnings.The measures, announced on Friday, aim to help Indian exporters manage the impact of steep U.S. tariffs but may reduce immediate dollar supply in the…
The Indian rupee may finally have found a floor after months of sustained depreciation, with Jefferies indicating that the currency has likely bottomed out following its sharp underperformance against major emerging market peers, ANI reported.In its latest GREED & fear note, Jefferies said the rupee has been “the worst performer year to date amongst major…
MUMBAI: The sensex and Nifty sustained their positive momentum for the fourth consecutive day and settled with modest gains on Friday, aided by a buying rush in FMCG, banking and telecom sector shares. The sensex ended 84 points higher at 84,563, while Nifty went up 31 points to settle at 25,910. Both indices were off…
