Moderating Fed view, oil worries put rupee on brink of all-time low
By Nimesh Vora
MUMBAI, Oct 3 (Reuters) -The Indian rupee declined on Thursday, just shy of an all-time low, pressured by prospects that the Federal Reserve was not likely to be in a rush to cut interest rates and concerns over the impact of escalating Middle East tensions on oil prices.
The rupee INR=IN was quoted at 83.9375 to the U.S. dollar at 11:10 a.m. IST, down from 83.82 in the previous session. The domesticcurrency is hovering near its lifetime low of83.9850, hit a month ago.
The likelihood that the rupee will slump to anew low and slip past the84 handle is "negligible", a currency trader at a bank said. He expects the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)to intervene to prevent a decline to84, like it has done in the past.
The rupee is finding itself "on shaky ground" and now "all eyes are on the RBI", which is expected to continue its interventions to keep the currency in anarrow range, Amit Pabari, managing director at FXadvisory firm CR Forex, said.
ASIA TUMBLES
The Thai baht, Malaysian ringgit and the Indonesian rupiah were all down about 1% to the U.S. dollar on Thursday, while the offshore Chinese yuan weakened past 7.05. The Indonesian central bank intervenedto manage the volatility in the currency.
A volatility in oil prices amid the Middle East conflict and the decliningprobability that the Fed will opt for a large rate cut next month dampened demand for Asian currencies and lifted the dollar.
U.S. private payrolls increased more than expected last month, spurring expectations for a robust reading on the monthly non-farm payrolls figures on Friday.
The payrollsdata supported Fed Chair Jerome Powell's recent remarks that the central bank is in no hurry to cut rates, pushing the odds of a 50-basis-point rate cut in November to 35%. FEDWATCH
Reporting by Nimesh Vora; Editing by Sonia Cheema
免责声明: XM Group仅提供在线交易平台的执行服务和访问权限，并允许个人查看和/或使用网站或网站所提供的内容，但无意进行任何更改或扩展，也不会更改或扩展其服务和访问权限。所有访问和使用权限，将受下列条款与条例约束：(i) 条款与条例；(ii) 风险提示；以及(iii) 完整免责声明。请注意，网站所提供的所有讯息，仅限一般资讯用途。此外，XM所有在线交易平台的内容并不构成，也不能被用于任何未经授权的金融市场交易邀约和/或邀请。金融市场交易对于您的投资资本含有重大风险。
所有在线交易平台所发布的资料，仅适用于教育/资讯类用途，不包含也不应被视为用于金融、投资税或交易相关咨询和建议，或是交易价格纪录，或是任何金融商品或非应邀途径的金融相关优惠的交易邀约或邀请。
本网站上由XM和第三方供应商所提供的所有内容，包括意见、新闻、研究、分析、价格、其他资讯和第三方网站链接，皆保持不变，并作为一般市场评论所提供，而非投资性建议。所有在线交易平台所发布的资料，仅适用于教育/资讯类用途，不包含也不应被视为适用于金融、投资税或交易相关咨询和建议，或是交易价格纪录，或是任何金融商品或非应邀途径的金融相关优惠的交易邀约或邀请。请确保您已阅读并完全理解，XM非独立投资研究提示和风险提示相关资讯，更多详情请点击 这里。
