: Rupee hits lifetime low of 81.67 against US dollar #IndiaNEWS The rupee fell by 58 paise to finish trading at a record low of 81.67 against the US dollar on Monday, PTI reported.This was the eighth

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Rupee hits lifetime low of 81.67 against US dollar #IndiaNEWS
The rupee fell by 58 paise to finish trading at a record low of 81.67 against the US dollar on Monday, PTI reported.This was the eighth trading session when the currency declined, according to Moneycontrol.The rupee had breached the 81-mark for the first time on Friday. It had finished trading at an all-time closing low of 80.98 on that day.Foreign exchange traders have attributed the escalation of geopolitical risk in Ukraine and rate hikes by the United States Federal Reserve for the dwindling value of the rupee.“Focus now shifts to Reserve Bank of India’s meeting this week,� Senior Research Analyst at Reliance Securities Sriram Iyer said, according to PTI. “We expect RBI to hike rates by 50 bps to cool stubbornly high inflation and prevent the currency from weakening further.� Amid the depreceiation of rupee, Nationalist Congress Party spokesperson Clyde Crasto on Monday urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to concentrate “more on the finance ministry and less on Baramati�. The town of Baramati in the Pune district is the hometown and stronghold of NCP chief Sharad Pawar. Last week, Sitharaman visited Baramati for three days as part of a campaign by the Bharatiya Janata Party to strengthen the party organisation in 144 Lok Sabha constituencies.Nirmala Sitharaman ji had said "Rupee has held...Read more

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