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The Indian rupee fell 26 paise to a record low near 71 per dollar on Friday, August 31, closing at 70.955/71.00. The decline was driven by firming crude prices, month-end importer demand and weakness in other emerging market currencies, while the Reserve Bank of India intervened only selectively.
A weaker rupee raises the cost of imported inputs and energy for India, and emerging-market currency stress can weigh on dollar-denominated commodity demand from Asia.
indianexpress.comENS Economic BureauAug 31, 2018Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 487 past bullish macro events, Crude Oil (WTI) moved a median +1.0% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -2.0% to +4.0%), and +1.5% 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.
