Day: October 10, 2008

October 10
2008

CAD Weakest since March 2007 on Oil Slump

The Canadian dollar fell to the weakest level against the U.S. dollar in more than 18 months after crude oil and commodity prices fell significantly on speculation that the global demand will decline. This week showed traders the fastest decline of the Canadian dollar against its U.S. counterpart — it lost more than 7.3 percent in three and a half days so far. Last week it depreciated […]

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October 10
2008

Rupee Falls to Record Low on Rate Cuts

The Indian rupee fell to the new record low level versus the U.S. dollar today as the foreign investors pulled out capital out of the country’s markets amid deepening of the global financial crisis. The rupee has already dropped about 2.6 percent against the dollar this week. The country’s central bank cut the interest rate by 50 percentage points on Monday and additional 100 percentage points […]

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