The lesson we seem to have learnt is that we should not bother with exporting goods if our remittances and service exports can help us keep our current account deficit modest.
The RBI intervened by selling dollars to steady the currency, Bloomberg has learnt. The escalating conflict in the Middle East may stoke inflation and worsen the country’s widening trade deficit.
After keeping rates unchanged in the past two policy meetings, Governor Sanjay Malhotra said there was scope for rates to come down. But the economy is proving resilient in the face of US tariffs.
Possible improvements in US-India trade ties and a lower tariff rate could ease pressure, but if that doesn’t eventuate, RBI may be forced to support the rupee further.
Uncertainty over tariffs on India’s exports to the US and a less certain path for Federal Reserve rate cuts are exerting pressure on the rupee, which fell for a third straight session on Monday to 88.7988 against the dollar.
From Japan in the 1960s to China in the 2000s, many countries transformed their economies by using competitive exchange rates as part of their industrial strategies.
March has been a good month for equity & currency, backed by FPI inflows & weak dollar. Going forward, tariffs, Chinese markets, oil prices & corporate earnings may have a role to play.
The lesson we seem to have learnt is that we should not bother with exporting goods if our remittances and service exports can help us keep our current account deficit modest.
Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.
The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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