dollar today: Dollar rebounds after Fed goes big on rate cut

dollar today: Dollar rebounds after Fed goes big on rate cut

The U.S. dollar rose broadly on Thursday, recovering from an earlier tumble in the immediate aftermath of the Federal Reserve’s outsized interest rate cut that had been largely priced in by markets. The U.S. central bank on Wednesday kicked off its monetary easing cycle with a larger-than-usual half-percentage-point reduction that Chair Jerome Powell said was … Read more

Standard Chartered doesn’t see rupee cross 84 even if dollar climbs

Standard Chartered doesn’t see rupee cross 84 even if dollar climbs

India’s rupee will not drop past the 84-per-dollar mark even if the greenback strengthens further from current levels as the nation’s central bank will step in to defend the currency, according to Standard Chartered Plc. “The Reserve Bank of India has been protecting rupee from depreciating very sharply,” Parul Mittal Sinha, head of India financial … Read more