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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicRupee fall

Topic: rupee fall

Rupee pressure likely to persist for now. Flexibility may be apt strategy for RBI to counter uncertainty

Rupee had a major fall this week, led by strong US macro data, rising crude prices. China's currency moves, Japan’s possible rate hike & domestic growth concerns may maintain pressure.

Nobody is speaking for middle-class taxpayers anymore. Rupee is falling, markets sinking

Many who were so worried about the decline in the rupee over a decade ago are unwilling to speak up. They were tigers when Manmohan Singh was in charge. Now they are mice.

RBI tells state refiners to reduce dollar buying in spot market, contain sharp fall in rupee

RBI has ensured that $9 billion has been made available at overseas branches of some Indian banks for the country's three state-run refiners to tap, according to sources.

In Congress, the clothes have no emperor & how to make a cheetah disappear

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Rupee’s fall to 80/dollar will impact twin deficits. But here’s why you shouldn’t panic

India’s macroeconomic fundamentals continue to remain strong. Going forward, the recent moderation in the international commodity prices should slow down the slump.

RBI’s forex focus is a good start. It must be followed by more fundamental reforms

RBI hopes to boost forex inflows and stem rupee slump. But rupee likely to remain under pressure amid tighter global financial conditions & interest rate hikes by US Fed.

RBI intervenes with multi-pronged strategy in battle against rupee fall

The Reserve Bank’s challenges include crashes in forward dollar premiums to rising open interest in futures that adds to pressure on the currency.

RBI ramps up forwards market intervention in bid to slow rupee decline, protect reserves

The Reserve Bank of India has run down its forward-dollar book by $12 billion to $15 billion from about $64 billion at the end of April, according to estimates by DBS Bank Ltd.

Rupee isn’t the only thing falling, bulldozer for nation-building, and how ED could help Congress

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Worst is yet to come for Indian rupee as oil costs widen deficits, say analysts

The bearish forecasts stem from a deterioration in India’s external finances. Higher oil prices threaten to widen the current-account deficit to at least 3% of the GDP.

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