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By : Sarika Singh, Assistant Professor, BIT
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Rupee strengthens 14 paise against Dollar and now it is 44.34 Rs per Dollar..


This makes me think...

Past India was known as Golden Bird and it said that Britishers and even others looted us and we became a poor nation. So at that time was Rupee having higher value than Dollar?? Who has fixed the value of currencies globally and what is the basis of this? Is it because they first started trading here and earned a lot of money in their country and later on started taking the things without paying anything??
Rupee perhaps won't ever be stronger than Dollar now but was it ever??

 
14 comments on "Rupee strengthens against Dollar!!"
  Commented by  Vipin Bhasin, Private Equity/Hedge Fund/VC-Manager, Indian Investment Co.    | 04 20 2011 19:42:19 +0000
Nice one Sarika.. Your thoughts are great too..
  Commented by  KALIYAMOORTHY, Oil & Gas Area Coordinator, Undisclosed    | 04 20 2011 16:25:58 +0000
Thanks for referral Sarika singh,
In earlier days, World currency was based on GOLD. So their value was calculated in terms of gold. But now , the value is based on Floating / Pegged market. Here, the Demand(export) & Supply(Imports) decides the value of money. Rupees going up means, in simple term, our exports increases. The demand for rupees increases (& say $ decrease).
  Commented by  Kamal Dave, Managing Partner, Cyberjuris - Law Firm    | 04 20 2011 10:13:38 +0000
Worth thinking...
  Commented by  Mohammad Bakhsh, Project Leader/Managing Consultant, Freelancer    | 04 20 2011 09:38:17 +0000
Forex dealers said steady capital inflows and a higher opening in the stock market continued to keep the rupee sentiment firm.This apart,the Indian economy is showing up.But this is not a news for celebration as it may affect our export due stiff competition by our neighbor.
Thanks,Sarika for good news.
 
  Commented by  manish kumar, freelancer    | 04 20 2011 09:06:43 +0000
good news , thanks ma'am
  Commented by  SHRIKANT MANOHAR DANKE, Consultant, Project Management Consultancy Firm    | 04 20 2011 08:44:34 +0000
Basically, Rupee strengthens due to loss of value of Dollar.
Anyway, there is something to cheer for today.
Thanks for referral, Sarika.
  Commented by  Danish khan, Business Analyst, cognizant business consultancy    | 04 20 2011 08:20:21 +0000
Value of dollar will further depreciates as Sovereign rating of USA may be down graded from triple A . It is right time to look for alternative of US dollar for global trade.
  Commented by  sudhakar, Head Markering, codezene (P) ltd    | 04 20 2011 07:29:50 +0000
India and its economy is coming to my mind when i started reading the article u have posted.First of all let us not talk about Rupee gaining. On the contrary Dollar had lost its value if my memory is green during American Invasion on IRAQ. The IRAQ war has not just happened and it was a deliberate attempt by America not for oil but to make Iraqis to accept Dollar in the place of EURO. The fear of Dollar losing its momentum against Rupee is a welcome sign from the economic policies point of view. And at the same time what happens if it takes a reverse gear the impact on India will b very minimum because our policies with the Developed and as well as with the Under Developed ones are well balanced. The Best Example is the recent Depression.  We are safe and even secured and we are now in a position to face any eventualities or catastrophic such as The Great Depression of 1930 threatens once again.   
  Commented by  Rathin Deb, Freelance Retail Consultant    | 04 20 2011 06:52:42 +0000
It will further strengthen up once the crude price goes down to its normal level. 
  Commented by  Rohit Thakur, Sr. MEP QA/QC Engineer, QA/QC INCHARGE, CONSTRUCTION SPECIALIST-MEP    | 04 20 2011 06:35:44 +0000
Good news for Indians and sad news for NRI's.
  Commented by  Shahnawaz Islam, PR & Media Relations Manager, National Institute of Smart Governance    | 04 20 2011 06:22:12 +0000
The rupiya (said to be the first rupee)  was the silver coin issued at the time of Sher Shah Suri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupiya), and as such I expect it must have been a strong currency for exchange. With reference to the dollar, it has become a worldwide currency after WWII. 

The players in the currency market, such as the Chinese (who have bought a lot of dollars  and created dollar reserves), determine the exchange rate.
  Commented by  santhanam sudhakar, CEO/MD/Director, subhasharecare    | 04 20 2011 06:15:39 +0000
nice thought sarikaji...
  Commented by  Srinivas suravajhala, Secretary to the high ranking police officer, State Govt. of Andhra Pradesh    | 04 20 2011 06:06:56 +0000
Even it happens, it will be a financially disastrous one at this moment.  Our Forex reserves are nearly 3 lakh millions valued in terms of dollars.  Strengthening of rupee against dollar means to that extent dollar lost its value against rupee. This implies that the value of our foreign reserves comes down.  Our Industrial houses who are engaged in international business do calculate their reserves in dollars.  If rupee strengthened against dollar, the value of their reserves deplete.  They dont want it to happen.  This is what the position of rupee against dollar.  This is not a good news for our industrial houses and even for the Govt.  How funny it is.  We want our own currency to trade lower against dollar.
  Commented by  Charles davison, Project Manager, Douglas OHI LLC    | 04 20 2011 06:00:56 +0000
Hi Sarika . that is a nice thought.
I wish somebody in economics will give more light to this so that we all will know how it happens .
but I think we are in the basket with Gulf countries and with our oil imports our rupee is going to be weaker with dollar . coz the dollar to gulf currenct ratio is a constant 
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