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  • Dollar steady near 6-month high on growth fears, weak yen draws warning September 06, 2023 04:39 PM IST

    Dollar steady near 6-month high on growth fears, weak yen draws warning

    The Asian currency has hovered around the key 145-per-dollar level for the past few weeks, leading traders to keep a wary eye on signs of intervention by Tokyo.

  • Rupee weakens to nearly 2-week low driven by dollar outflows September 05, 2023 03:57 PM IST

    Rupee weakens to nearly 2-week low driven by dollar outflows

    The rupee ended at 83.04 against the U.S. dollar, compared with 82.7475 in the previous session.

  • Rupee opens marginally higher against US dollar August 31, 2023 09:07 AM IST

    Rupee opens marginally higher against US dollar

    The Indian economy likely grew at the fastest pace in four quarters in April-June, with economists expecting GDP to have grown by 7.7 percent on a year-on-year basis, according to a Moneycontrol survey.

  • Rupee trades a tad higher at 82.62 a dollar ahead of macro data, rise in Asian currencies August 29, 2023 09:16 AM IST

    Rupee trades a tad higher at 82.62 a dollar ahead of macro data, rise in Asian currencies

    Indian rupee opened marginally higher against US dollar in a thinly traded volume tracking ahead of key data this week.

  • Rupee in gradual descent; targeting 84 over next six months amid dollar strength, says Finrex’s Bhansali August 25, 2023 12:21 PM IST

    Rupee in gradual descent; targeting 84 over next six months amid dollar strength, says Finrex’s Bhansali

    The rupee may be allowed to slowly weaken towards 84 in the next six months if the current situation of dollar strength and CNH weakness persists, said the treasury head and executive director of Finrex Treasury Advisors

  • Rupee trades lower at 82.64 to a dollar ahead of Jackson Hole speech today August 25, 2023 09:16 AM IST

    Rupee trades lower at 82.64 to a dollar ahead of Jackson Hole speech today

    Dollar index rose as traders bet that US federal reserve chairman Jerome Powell would confirm expectations of higher for longer rates in his speech at Jackson Hole later on Friday

  • Dollar Primacy: A BRICS common currency is still a pipe dream August 22, 2023 09:38 AM IST

    Dollar Primacy: A BRICS common currency is still a pipe dream

    The current noise about movement toward a currency shared by the BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — may not amount to much. Precedent isn't encouraging: Seven years after the IMF added the yuan to its basket of reserve currencies, its share in the global cache is minute

  • Rupee opens flat at 83.08 against dollar, despite Asian currencies trading in green August 22, 2023 09:11 AM IST

    Rupee opens flat at 83.08 against dollar, despite Asian currencies trading in green

    Investors are eagerly awaiting insights from the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole symposium to assess the possibility of interest rates stabilizing as the ongoing hiking cycle concludes.

  • Rupee trades up at 83.07 to a dollar ahead of Fed's Jackson Hole speech August 21, 2023 09:14 AM IST

    Rupee trades up at 83.07 to a dollar ahead of Fed's Jackson Hole speech

    The US central bank's July meeting minutes show most officials were concerned about rising inflation, possibly leading to more tightening

  • China targets Yuan bears with most forceful fixing guidance August 18, 2023 05:53 PM IST

    China targets Yuan bears with most forceful fixing guidance

    The People’s Bank of China set its so-called fixing at 7.2006 per dollar compared to an average estimate of 7.3047 in a Bloomberg survey with traders and analysts.

  • Rupee ends at record low against US dollar as risk aversion weighs August 17, 2023 05:20 PM IST

    Rupee ends at record low against US dollar as risk aversion weighs

    US bond yields surged to a 15-year peak, driven by robust economic data that dispelled assumptions of a US Federal Reserve pause or reversal in interest rate hikes.

  • Russia's ruble has tumbled: What does it mean for the wartime economy? August 15, 2023 09:05 PM IST

    Russia's ruble has tumbled: What does it mean for the wartime economy?

    Previously, Russia saw a large trade surplus because of high oil prices and plummeting imports after Russia invaded Ukraine. But oil prices have dipped this year, and it’s more cumbersome for Russia to sell its oil due to Western sanctions, including price caps on crude and oil products like diesel.

  • Rupee falls 29 paise to close at all-time low of 83.11 against US dollar August 14, 2023 08:32 PM IST

    Rupee falls 29 paise to close at all-time low of 83.11 against US dollar

    The dollar gained after US PPI data was higher than forecast, and safe haven demand on risk aversion in global markets.

  • Russia's currency hits the lowest level since beginning of the war in Ukraine August 14, 2023 05:16 PM IST

    Russia's currency hits the lowest level since beginning of the war in Ukraine

    At a press conference Friday, central bank deputy director Alexei Zabotkin said the bank is adhering to a floating exchange rate because "it allows the economy to effectively adapt to changing external conditions."

  • Rupee opens marginally lower against US dollar August 11, 2023 09:10 AM IST

    Rupee opens marginally lower against US dollar

    On Thursday, the RBI decided to maintain the current interest rate at 6.5%. RBI also adjusted the inflation projection for the fiscal year 2023-24 to 5.4% from the previous estimate of 5.1%.

  • Rupee opens flats against dollar ahead of RBI meet outcome August 09, 2023 09:25 AM IST

    Rupee opens flats against dollar ahead of RBI meet outcome

    The RBI, which will announce the policy decision on August 10 morning , is expected to hold rates but its inflation and growth projections will be closely watched

  • Rupee opens marginally lower against dollar August 08, 2023 09:25 AM IST

    Rupee opens marginally lower against dollar

    Traders turn cautious as the RBI's monetary policy committee begin its meeting in a data-heavy week which will also see the release of inflation, industrial production and manufacturing production numbers

  • Rupee closes higher against US dollar August 07, 2023 03:54 PM IST

    Rupee closes higher against US dollar

    The Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy meeting is scheduled from August 8-10

  • Rupee sinks to a month's low against the dollar in the opening trade August 02, 2023 11:18 AM IST

    Rupee sinks to a month's low against the dollar in the opening trade

    Rising oil prices, which gained more than 1 percent on August 2, and growing demand of the American currency weighed on sentiment

  • Rupee opens in red at 82.33 against dollar in step with loss in Asian currencies August 01, 2023 09:25 AM IST

    Rupee opens in red at 82.33 against dollar in step with loss in Asian currencies

    Crude oil prices jumped again after Chinese manufacturing PMI data released on Monday was lower than expected and increased chances of Chinese stimulus

  • Rupee opens marginally lower against US dollar on positive inflation data July 31, 2023 09:27 AM IST

    Rupee opens marginally lower against US dollar on positive inflation data

    The benchmark Sensex and Nifty fell for five out of six sessions. Sensex and Nifty lost around 2 percent in the last six trading sessions.

  • Rupee opens near two week low against US dollar July 28, 2023 09:26 AM IST

    Rupee opens near two week low against US dollar

    Indian rupee opened weaker and hit near two week low against US dollar tracking losses in the local equity and Asian currencies markets.

  • Rupee opens marginally higher against US dollar July 27, 2023 09:23 AM IST

    Rupee opens marginally higher against US dollar

    The dollar index, which measures the greenback’s strength against major currencies, was trading at 100.84, down 0.05 percent from its previous close of 100.88.

  • Rupee trades flat ahead of key central bank meetings July 26, 2023 09:23 AM IST

    Rupee trades flat ahead of key central bank meetings

    US Fed rate decision on Wednesday where it is expected to hike Rates by 25bps

  • What Benjamin Franklin Learned While Fighting Counterfeiters July 24, 2023 11:03 PM IST

    What Benjamin Franklin Learned While Fighting Counterfeiters

    Benjamin Franklin’s paper money contains flecks of mica, also known as muscovite or isinglass. These shiny patches were most likely an attempt to combat counterfeiters, who would not have had access to this special paper