Government Steps Up Currency Notes Printing Amid Cash Crunch

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Government Steps Up Currency Notes Printing Amid Cash Crunch — There is a spurt in currency demand, Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Garg told reporters today. Additional cash is being supplied to meet the demand and Rs 500 currency notes worth Rs 2,500 crore are being printed every day, he added. That adds up to Rs 70,000-75,000 crore worth of notes in a month. Banking Secretary Rajiv Kumar had indicated earlier in the day that there is a shortage of Rs 500 notes in the system which will remain for five to seven days.

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Asia Stocks Rise as Earnings Eyed

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Asia Stocks Rise as Earnings Eyed – Equity markets in Japan and Australia eked out feeble gains in a muted start, while Hong Kong stocks pointed higher. Futures on the S&P 500 Index climbed. The S&P 500 Index gained to the highest in almost a month and erased its loss for the year as investors turned their focus to the earnings season after there was no immediate reprisal to the U.S.-led missile strike in Syria and trade concerns took a back seat.

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India May Give Freer Rein to Rupee After Making U.S. FX List

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Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – India May Give Freer Rein to Rupee After Making U.S. FX List – India increased its purchases of foreign currency last year and has a “significant” trade surplus with the U.S., the Treasury noted in its semi-annual report on foreign-exchange practices released in Washington on Friday. The rupee has been the second-worst performing Asian currency this year, dropping 2.4 percent against the dollar, after strengthening 6.4 percent in 2017.              

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A Fund That Beats 98% of Its Peers Is Shorting the Dollar

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – A Fund That Beats 98% of Its Peers Is Shorting the Dollar – The greenback will slip against most major currencies as nations from Japan to the U.K. see better growth, spurring higher rates in those markets, said Brendan Murphy, head of global and multi-sector fixed income at BNY Mellon Asset Management North America. Murphy, who manages the $1.1 billion Dreyfus International Bond Fund, is shorting the dollar in favor of long positions across currencies including the Japanese yen and Norwegian krone.                             

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India Forex Reserves At Record High Of $424.864 Billion

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Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – In the previous week, the reserves had surged by $1.828 billion to $424.366 billion. It had crossed the $400-billion mark for the first time in the week to September 8, 2017, but has since been fluctuating. In the reporting week, the foreign currency assets, a major component of the overall reserves, rose by $657.7 million to $399.776 billion.

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