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Source: Live Mint US stock indices declined on Wednesday after softer-than-expected jobs data and a media report that said President-elect Donald Trump was mulling a national economic emergency declaration. An ADP National Employment report showed the US added 122,000 jobs in the private sector in December 2024. A separate Labor Department report showed jobless claims…
Source: Live Mint In March the rupee was at 82.77 to the US dollar. Currently, it is around 85.25, which is a drop of about 3%. We will look at the reasons for this depreciation, but the important point is that our external situation – as measured by our current account deficit (CAD) and balance…
Source: Live Mint US stocks dropped on Monday on a sell-off in Big Tech companies and on elevated Treasury yields. At 09:57 am ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 651.52 points, or 1.52 per cent, to 42,340.69, the S&P 500 lost 89.52 points, or 1.51 per cent, to 5,881.32 and the Nasdaq Composite lost…
Source: Live Mint After a sharp sell-off on Wall Street last week, market participants will witness sparse economic data in the holiday-shortened week ahead. No major events are scheduled in the week. The sell-off thwarted the seasonal Santa Claus rally, in which stocks rise on the last five sessions of December and the first two…
Source: Live Mint (Bloomberg) — The dollar is headed for its best year in almost a decade as US economic strength reins in expectations for the Federal Reserve’s rate-cutting cycle and President-elect Donald Trump’s threats of harsh tariffs underpin bullish bets on the currency. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose more than 7% so far…
Source: Live Mint NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar edged higher on Thursday on expectations the currency would be boosted next year by policies by the incoming Donald Trump administration that are expected to boost growth and lift inflation. Trading volumes were light on Thursday with many traders on holiday after Wednesday’s Christmas holiday…
Source: Live Mint Not long ago gold seemed to have lost its lustre. In the decades after President Richard Nixon abandoned the gold standard in 1971, the yellow metal fell out of favour with central banks, which hoarded their reserves in dollars instead. In the 1980s and 1990s investors and households grew weary of its…
Source: Live Mint Implications for India’s monetary policy The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) faces a delicate balancing act. With the Fed signalling a slower pace of rate cuts in 2025, foreign capital inflows into India could diminish, especially as US treasury yields become increasingly attractive. This may prompt the RBI to consider steps to…
Source: Live Mint US stock indices edged higher on Tuesday in a truncated trading session ahead of Christmas, led by gains in Big Tech shares. At 09:42 am the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 32.38 points, or 0.08 per cent, to 42,939.33, the S&P 500 gained 21.68 points, or 0.36 per cent, to 5,995.75, and…
Source: Live Mint Implications for India’s monetary policy The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) faces a delicate balancing act. With the Fed signalling a slower pace of rate cuts in 2025, foreign capital inflows into India could diminish, especially as US treasury yields become increasingly attractive. This may prompt the RBI to consider steps to…
