India's Rupee: Asia's Worst-Performing Currency
India's Rupee: Asia's Worst-Performing Currency - WSJ.com
NEW DELHIThe Indian rupee, already the year's worst-performing Asian currency against the dollar, continues to sink, weighed down by growing pessimism about the Indian economy.
Domestic growth has slowed in recent months to worrisome levels, and a weaker rupee will make the country's already rising bill for imports even steeper. Despite several interest-rate increases by India's central bank, inflation has remained high, at around 10%. Skittish foreign investors have bought just a net $800 million of Indian stocks so far this year, a tiny fraction of the record $29 billion invested for all of 2010.