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  • OPINION | The Great Rebalancing: India's opening amidst a fracturing monetary order 

    OPINION | The Great Rebalancing: India's opening amidst a fracturing monetary order 

    The dollar is in deliberate retreat, central banks are hoarding gold, and the post-war monetary order is shifting. New Delhi has a narrow window to turn upheaval into advantage, and it can move faster now 

  • Rupee opens higher to 90.56 after interim agreement on US-India trade deal

    Rupee opens higher to 90.56 after interim agreement on US-India trade deal

    The rupee opened 10 paisa higher on February 9 after sentiment turned positive post the US-India trade deal

  • 5 affordable international trips for Indians in 2026 despite a weak rupee

    5 affordable international trips for Indians in 2026 despite a weak rupee

    Despite the rupee weakening against the dollar, Indians can still travel abroad in 2026. Here are 5 affordable international destinations offering great value despite currency volatility.

  • Rupee opens higher at 91.73 on post-budget optimism, likely RBI selling

    Rupee opens higher at 91.73 on post-budget optimism, likely RBI selling

    Budget measures to enhance FPI inflows, RBI selling US dollar seen propping up the rupee

  • Bessent says US hasn’t intervened in yen, touts strong dollar

    Bessent says US hasn’t intervened in yen, touts strong dollar

    The US is 'absolutely not' intervening in the currency market to strengthen the yen, Bessent said in an interview

  • Dollar pressure mounts as traders game out US plans for yen

    Dollar pressure mounts as traders game out US plans for yen

    Last week was the dollar’s worst since May after a week of unpredictable US policymaking rattled financial markets

  • Rupee slides to 92 against dollar: What gets costlier and who benefits

    Rupee slides to 92 against dollar: What gets costlier and who benefits

    The domestic currency has weakened by 202 paise, or over 2 percent, so far this month. In 2025, it had declined 5 percent amid sustained foreign fund outflows and a strong US dollar

  • Dollar at week low as geopolitics revive 'Sell America' trade

    Dollar at week low as geopolitics revive 'Sell America' trade

    The dollar index, which measures the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, slid 0.1% to 99.004 - its lowest level since January 14 as investors worried about exposure to U.S. markets

  • RBI's $10 billion FX swap to sail through on arbitrage, corporate demand, say bankers

    RBI's $10 billion FX swap to sail through on arbitrage, corporate demand, say bankers

    Bids for the operation will be submitted by banks in the first half of Tuesday, with the premium quoted in paisa terms, and the results will be declared later in the day

  • Year Ahead: Worst may be over for rupee, yet US trade deal key for stability in 2026

    Year Ahead: Worst may be over for rupee, yet US trade deal key for stability in 2026

    Major research and brokerage houses expect the rupee to exit its current depreciating phase in 2026, but much will depend on the progress of the trade deal between India and its largest trading partner, the US.

  • Chart of the Day: The currency crumble

    Chart of the Day: The currency crumble

    The rupee has depreciated by roughly 5.22 percent against the US dollar this year, making it Asia’s worst-performing currency in 2025

  • Rupee weakens to new record low of 90.78 against US dollar

    Rupee weakens to new record low of 90.78 against US dollar

    Forex traders said rupee is trading with a negative bias as investors are in wait and watch mode and awaiting cues from the India-US trade deal front

  • Fitch sees limited downside for rupee, expects rebound to 87 by 2026

    Fitch sees limited downside for rupee, expects rebound to 87 by 2026

    Ratings agency says currency remains undervalued; stronger growth and low inflation to support medium-term recovery

  • Dollar weak with rate-cut enthusiasm intact, euro at 7-week high

    Dollar weak with rate-cut enthusiasm intact, euro at 7-week high

    Investors have also been weighing the prospect of White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett taking over as Fed Chair after Jerome Powell’s term ends in May

  • Rupee’s slide to have only marginal impact on inflation; govt could better fiscal deficit target in FY26: PwC’s Banerjee

    Rupee’s slide to have only marginal impact on inflation; govt could better fiscal deficit target in FY26: PwC’s Banerjee

    PwC’s Ranen Banerjee says India’s evolving import mix limits pass-through even as the currency briefly breaches 90 per dollar

  • Rupee’s slide past 90 may complicate PE exits, tighten return thresholds for global investors

    Rupee’s slide past 90 may complicate PE exits, tighten return thresholds for global investors

    A moderate level of rupee depreciation is typically factored into PE return models, but this year’s nearly 5% slide is much steeper and faster than expected.

  • How tariffs are eating into export gains from a weak rupee

    How tariffs are eating into export gains from a weak rupee

    This year, steep US tariffs are offsetting the benefit of an undervalued rupee

  • Higher cover, structured hedging strategies: How India Inc is battling rupee depreciation, volatility

    Higher cover, structured hedging strategies: How India Inc is battling rupee depreciation, volatility

    Exporters and importers are responding differently but both sides are accelerating hedge coverage, hedging their exposure using structured products and preferring shorter tenor hedges until policy and geopolitical backdrop stabilises

  • OPINION | Too many sanctions may inadvertently chip away at the might of the US dollar

    OPINION | Too many sanctions may inadvertently chip away at the might of the US dollar

    The overuse of secondary sanctions may end up weakening America’s own financial primacy. The message sent out is overdependence on the dollar represents a strategic vulnerability

  • Asia’s currency-defence war chest has swelled to $8 trillion

    Asia’s currency-defence war chest has swelled to $8 trillion

    The increase has been helped by this year’s decline in the dollar and rally in gold prices.

  • RBI sells dollars in offshore market as rupee nears record low

    RBI sells dollars in offshore market as rupee nears record low

    The moves helped steady the currency as it neared its September record low of 88.8050 per dollar

  • Oil slips on stronger dollar, oversupply fears

    Oil slips on stronger dollar, oversupply fears

    The dollar climbed to a fresh four-month high against the euro on Tuesday as divisions in the Federal Reserve raised doubt about the prospect of another rate cut this year.

  • RBI steps in to help rupee avert fall past record low, traders say

    RBI steps in to help rupee avert fall past record low, traders say

    The dollar index was at 99.76, hovering near its highest level in three months, while Asian currencies were flat to modestly weaker on the day

  • US dollar stablecoins to raise challenges for global monetary policy: CEA Nageswaran

    US dollar stablecoins to raise challenges for global monetary policy: CEA Nageswaran

    The presence of a dollar stablecoin will bring with it its own challenges for monetary policy, monetary transmission and for seigniorage benefits of any country, CEA said

  • Rupee ends nearly flat as central bank intervention blunts pressure

    Rupee ends nearly flat as central bank intervention blunts pressure

    The rupee closed at 88.2650 against the US dollar, nearly flat compared to its close at 88.2450 in the previous session

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