Rupee Hits Lifetime Low, May Slip to 81 on Strong Dollar

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Rupee Hits Lifetime Low: The Indian Rupee hit a lifetime low level of 80.43 on Thursday after US Fed’s decision to hike interest rate by 75 basis points yet again. The domestic currency opened at a record low of 80.2850 per US dollar, down from the previous close of 79.97.

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Dow Jones and S&P 500 Cratered on Powell Comments

US stocks sank on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered remarks from the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. The Fed chief didn’t throw the markets any huge surprises, although you wouldn’t know that from the market reaction. The benchmark S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, and Dow Jones Industrial Average traded fell 3.37%, 4.10%, and 3.03%, respectively.

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Rupee has come under Intense Selling Pressure

Rupee Hits Record Low

The rupee has come under intense selling pressure in recent weeks due to a perfect storm of global headwinds, which analysts believe will continue to pummel the Indian currency in the months ahead as well. Earlier in July, rupee tested record lows and breached the Rs 80 per US dollar level at least twice, recovering only after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stepped in to stem the depreciation. Since then, the rupee has regained some ground and has been trading in the 78.50-79.80 range. One of the reasons behind the rupee’s fall was strong demand.

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