{"id":151380,"date":"2026-03-31T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/?post_type=news&#038;p=151380"},"modified":"2026-03-29T21:10:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:10:03","slug":"indijska-rupiya-vpala-do-istorychnogo-antyrekordu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/news\/novosti\/indijska-rupiya-vpala-do-istorychnogo-antyrekordu\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indian rupee has fallen to a historic low"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"48\" data-end=\"221\">India\u2019s currency dropped to a record low, breaching the level of 94 rupees per dollar, amid an energy supply crisis triggered by the war in the Middle East, Reuters reports.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"223\" data-end=\"593\">By the end of the financial year in March, the rupee may post its steepest decline in more than a decade. On Friday, it weakened by 0.6% to 94.6525 per dollar, surpassing the previous all-time low of 93.98 reached earlier this week. Since the U.S.\u2013Israeli strikes on Iran began on February 28, the rupee has fallen by about 4%, and by more than 10% since March 31, 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"802\">A comparable collapse occurred in 2011\u20132012, when the rupee dropped nearly 14% due to a global decline in risk appetite driven by concerns over eurozone debt levels and weaknesses in India\u2019s external sector.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"804\" data-end=\"1049\">Although investor sentiment improved slightly after the U.S. president\u2019s decision to give Tehran another 10 days to reach a deal to end the war, reports indicate that Donald Trump is considering sending additional U.S. troops to the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1051\" data-end=\"1275\">Analysts have downgraded India\u2019s GDP growth forecast, predicted further weakening of the rupee, and some also expect central bank rate hikes over the next 12 months, as the conflict could trigger a surge in global inflation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1277\" data-end=\"1493\">Even if the war with Iran does not drag on, Bernstein analysts see a real possibility that the rupee could breach 98 per dollar in 2026, with pressure primarily stemming from India\u2019s strained current account balance.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1600\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale recommends shorting the rupee against the dollar, with a target of 96 rupees per dollar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":151381,"menu_order":0,"template":"","newscat":[9],"newstag":[],"issues":[],"class_list":["post-151380","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newscat-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/151380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newscat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newscat?post=151380"},{"taxonomy":"newstag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newstag?post=151380"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=151380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}