Personal Finance: A depreciating rupee is more worrisome than high domestic equity prices
A depreciating INR (against the USD) has several implications, rising domestic inflation being the most worrying
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A depreciating INR (against the USD) has several implications, rising domestic inflation being the most worrying
There is a shortage of foreign exchange with India’s major export destinations, including Latin America and Africa.
Foreign portfolio investors, having splurged on government bonds ahead of India's inclusion in global indices, offloaded ₹3,966 crore (around $450 million to $475 million) worth of sovereign debt in a single day when the rupee weakened past successive technical levels amid a retreating Chinese yuan and lack of significant market interventions by the Reserve Bank of India.
In the domestic equity market, the 30-share BSE Sensex was trading 20.84 points or 0.03 per cent lower at 69,530.19 points. The broader NSE Nifty inched up 5.15 points or 0.02 per cent at 20,911.55 points.
A weak currency does not necessarily mean a weaker economy. In fact, a weak rupee supported by good quality products, can actually boost exports despite global slowdown and attract investments into India