Indian rupee declines to all-time low on heavy dollar demand

Indian rupee declines to all-time low on heavy dollar demand

© Reuters. An attendant at a fuel station arranges Indian rupee notes in Kolkata, India, August 16, 2018. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/File Photo

The rupee dropped to a record low of 83.9850 to the U.S. dollar, inching past the previous worst level of 83.98. The losses on the rupee would have been much larger if it for not for intervention by the central bank, traders said.

The rupee’s drop to an all-time low came in the face of a dollar that was struggling on dovish Federal Reserve bets.

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