About 7-8% of the inventory is being bought and held by NRIs each year
Govt officials assured a select group of market participants that the bond market borrowing programme for October to March would be lower than expected
The Reserve Bank of India can sell an additional $25 billion, at least, in the foreign-exchange market, SBI estimates
Indian economy is recovering strongly from the two transitory disruptions in recent years, said IMF
The Indian currency once again breached the 72-mark to hit a low of 72.69 (intra-day) against the US dollar
The RBI net sold $1.9 billion of foreign currency in July to support the rupee
India's trade deficit for August is likely to remain at $17 billion to $18 billion, while the Federal Reserve is set to raise rates again this month
The RBI is intervening in the market when needed, says the official
Depreciating rupee to make India's import costlier and export beneficial
Benchmark Brent crude oil was trading at $76.74 a barrel in early Asian trade
The rupee was trading at 71.88 to the dollar after briefly falling to 72.04 in early trade
India's short-term debt obligations, which included non-resident deposits as well as overseas commercial borrowings by companies, totaled $217.6 billion in 2017
The currency fell to 72.12 a dollar in intra-day trade, but closed just below the 72-mark
Rupee's nominal value in July should have been around 73.90 to show its fair value against its 36 trading partners
RBI should not spend dollars defending the rupee
While aluminium reported a weekly gain of 6.2% at Rs 150 a kg for near month delivery on Thursday on MCX, copper was up 2.3% to Rs 420 a kg
The Indian currency lost 3.5% last month and is the worst performer in Asia so far this year
The rupee has come under pressure due to a multitude of factors
Forex dealers said besides robust month-end demand for the American currency from oil importers, dollar's strength against its rival currencies on expectations of rising interest rates amid lingering
The rupee had recorded a steep fall of 49 paise, to close at record low of 70.59 against the dollar in the previous session.