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FINALYST
NOVEMBER 2013
between growth and inflation, they pee cannot be attributed to actions lasting growth India should follow
are not independent so their care in US as over the last year while the following three steps, firstly strengthtakers i.e. government and central rupee has depreciated by 29 per cent ening of economic base, i.e. agriculbank respectively must understand against the dollar, 23 per cent vis-à- ture and various secondary indushow to balance them and should vis the pound and 18 per cent vis-à- tries, if they can provide lucrative
work together so that India can not vis euro as well (RBI:28/08/13.
market to foreign companies then
only develop as a good investment
option but also as global market persuasion .
The same can be explained in the
terms of currency performance. On
28th August 2013, the Indian rupee
had gone down to 68.825 against the
Dollar. Why dollar rate is going up?
Some of the top reasons which one
can hear or see being discussed
around are possible retreat of Quantitative easing by US, supply-demand
forces, India’s adverse GDP growth,
high inflation, high current account
deficit, Volatility in markets which is
causing pull out of capital by the FIIs The deterioration of India’s economas the hedging cost for unpredictable ic performance and its balance of
rupee is surpassing the yield differen- payments is the cause of weakening
tials that the investors look for, Oil of rupee. Liberalization has made
prices and Indian import dependency India highly dependent on outside
for gold and oil, impact of Euro zone money. Instead of coming up with
crisis, borrowing by international measures targeting short term stabilplayers in dollars, downgrading of ity it is perhaps time to look towards
Indian stocks and alleged money correcting the balance of payments
laundering
for
upcoming
elec- and in the medium term to reduce
tions ,which historically , has always the country’s dependence on foreign
they can certainly provide the same
to Indian companies too, which must
be done in competitive manner and
not in protective way, which is the
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