U.S. dollar drops to a one-year low, as expectations for a Fed pause rise due to decreasing inflation

On Friday, traders increased predictions of an impending halt to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s rate-hike cycle on signs of slowing inflation, sending the U.S. dollar plummeting to a one-year low versus a basket of currencies while the euro reached a one-year high. A day after inflation statistics indicated a moderating in consumer prices, data from…

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Rupee is unchanged against U.S. dollar

Over the previous week, the rupee (INR) had no change. On Monday, it was valued at 82.3313 USD per unit. Good foreign inflows haven’t changed that. The net inflows during the previous week totaled more than $400 million, according to figures from the NSDL (National Securities Depository Ltd). This was aided by strong inflows into…

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India imported a record 51 million barrels from Russia in March.

India became the largest buyer of seaborne crude from the former Soviet Union, overtaking China for the fourth consecutive month, buying a record 51.15 million barrels, or 1.65 million barrels per day (mbd), from Russia. Reliance Industries (RIL) and the Rosneft-backed Nayara Energy were private refiners that accounted for over 858,000 barrels per day, or…

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Experts predict that the U.S. dollar index will remain bearish in the near future once central banks implement dollar liquidity swap lines.

When the Federal Reserve and other major central banks declared a concerted push to enhance dollar flows into the global financial system, experts suggested the U.S. dollar index is expected to remain bearish in the upcoming days. The announcement was made on March 19 by the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank…

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