The Latest Breaking News from RBI

NEW DELHI: The see-sawing rupee has given Indian investors a tough time in the past few days. On Monday, the rupee slumped by 54 paise to close at a record low of 77.44 against the US dollar.

NEW DELHI: Global inflationary pressures are being faced by all economies alike. The surge in prices of key commodities has spiked more markedly and is persistent in most economies than anticipated, especially at a time when they are recovering from slowdown caused by Covid pandemic in the last 2 years.

MUMBAI: Extending its losses for a second day, the rupee on Monday slumped by 54 paise to close at a record low of 77.44 against the US dollar, pressured by the strength of the American currency overseas and unabated foreign fund outflows.

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is intervening in all foreign-exchange markets and will continue to do so to protect the rupee that slid to a record low Monday, said a person familiar with the matter.

The Finance Minister asserted that the rising cost of funds will not impact the government’s planned infrastructure investments

The widening trade deficit puts more pressure on the rupee and aids growth-retarding inflation.

MUMBAI: Battling a sharp surge in inflation, the Reserve Bank is all for a smooth monetary policy response and the desire to have smaller hikes led it to tighten the policy in an off-schedule meet, a source said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: ICICI Bank has revised the external benchmark lending rate (EBLR) to 8.10 per cent, and Bank of Baroda raised the rate to 6.90 per cent after the RBI hiked the key repo rate.

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