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The rupee fell below 67 per dollar, a one-year low, on foreign fund outflows, higher crude prices and rising imports. Political uncertainty around Karnataka polls and rising global sovereign bond yields added pressure.
A weaker rupee raises India's crude and import bills and can lift domestic inflation, which tends to dampen import demand for commodities priced in dollars.
timesofindia.indiatimes.comTNNMay 7, 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.
