Education consultants advise parents to prepare for at least 2% annual increase in costs for children abroad
The rupee has depreciated 7.01 per cent against the dollar this year
Due to global risk aversion on the back of geo-political tensions and aggressive policy tightening by the Fed, the dollar has appreciated against most currencies, including the rupee
India's pharma sector exported drugs worth Rs 1.8 trillion in 2021-22, while APIs worth Rs 30,000 crore were imported
As the rupee touches the 80-mark against the dollar, this depreciation is likely to prove expensive for corporate India
Reliance Industries, the Tata group, Bharti Airtel, Aditya Birla among conglomerates that took forward positions
The intensity of selling is the highest-ever the Indian market has witnessed as FPI selling this year has neared $30 billion (Rs 2.3 trillion)
With the rupee depreciating about 7-8 per cent year to date and almost touching 80 against the US dollar, parents of students who are heading for foreign shores for higher education could be forced to shell out more.
Mehta also suggested that the government could use the "huge amount of reserves" to prevent the rupee from depreciating rapidly.
On 19th July, the Indian rupee hit an all-time low exchange rate of 80 against the US dollar in early trade. The government said that its value had fallen by 25% since 2014.
At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened lower at 80.00 against the greenback and fell further to an intra-day low of 80.05.
The Sri Lankan rupee has fallen over 66 per cent against the rupee in the last six months. It was trading at 2.7 per INR on January 19 and has fallen to 4.5 on July 19
With front-loaded rate hikes by the US Fed, the US dollar will remain relatively strong in the immediate term
While the impact on other currencies has been sharp with most of them depreciating, the rupee has done well, being somewhere in the middle
Textile industry players indicate that the weak rupee will help the industry, which is a net exporter, to the extent of 5-10 per cent rise in profit margins
The currency has been buffeted by nearly $30 billion of foreign outflows from the nation's equities so far this year -- a record sum
Crude oil prices jumped on Monday as US President Joe Biden's talks with West Asian countries failed to culminate in an agreement to increase output
The dollar index was weak in Monday afternoon trade in Asia after several Federal Reserve officials signalled they did not favour stepping up the rate hiking pace, says an analyst
Over the past month, the RBI has also taken several steps to attract fresh overseas capital to Indian markets
Transactions in INR shift entire exchange rate risks to the foreign party. It is difficult to fathom why any foreign trader would agree to that