Currency: Rupee depreciates against dollar

KARACHI: The rupee depreciated against the dollar at 105/105.2 in the inter-bank market on Wednesday compared to Tuesday’s close of 104/104.2. The currency market has remained stable after recording some volatility recently in the wake of currency devaluation by regional countries. In the long run, the rupee has stood firm after experiencing extensive volatility, when it weakened from around Rs98 to a dollar to above Rs103 in the wake of political impasse over alleged election rigging. Earlier, the rupee remained glued to the Rs98 level for months, recovering from the historic low of Rs110. It came under pressure following heavy debt repayments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other creditors, which ate into the central bank’s foreign currency reserves.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 29^th, 2015.

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