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The rupee firmed to 82.31 per dollar after the Reserve Bank of India raised its repo rate by 35 basis points and sounded more hawkish than expected. Lower US yields and oil prices helped the currency, though recession worries tempered the gains.
A firmer rupee and softer oil lower India's import costs, while the RBI's tightening signals rising domestic borrowing costs for the feed and livestock sectors.
financialpost.comReutersDec 8, 2022Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 54 past neutral macro events, Crude Oil (Brent) moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (57% higher; middle half -2.8% to +2.5%), and +0.6% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
