The Indian Rupee has been vulnerable to both domestic as well as global factors. On one side Current Account Deficit (CAD) and Balance of payment (BOP) are in bad shape and on the other, increasing marginal utility for USD has kept the local currency under pressure. Thus, sharp depreciation resulted in a quick change in

The rupee breached the 81 mark against the US dollar for the first time ever, following a fresh 20-year high in the dollar index after the Fed announced a 75-basis-point hike in the key US interest rate. Equities across the globe fell sharply and US bond yields hit multi-year highs. What does the road ahead look

One can say that the reign of equity, bond and currency market is totally in the hands of the Fed and is guided by it or it’s more by the expectation of what the Fed is likely to do! In July, after Fed sounded less hawkish, the expectation of a September hike had fallen from

The rupee hit the 80 mark against the US dollar for the first time on Tuesday, having hovered close to it for the past few sessions. In the past, whenever the Indian currency has reached a psychologically important level, it has seen wild moves for the next one month or so. Here’s a look at