Rupee likely to decline alongside Asian peers
By Nimesh Vora
MUMBAI, Sept 3 (Reuters) -The Indian rupee is expected to weaken at open on Tuesday tracking a decline in Asian peers before a slew of important U.S. activity and labour data this week.
The 1-month non-deliverable forward indicated that the rupee INR=IN will open at 83.94 to the U.S. dollar compared with 83.9175 in the previous session. The local currency is not far away from the all-time low of 83.9725 hit on Aug. 7.
Asian currencies added to Monday's losses. The offshore Chinese yuan slipped past 7.1250 to the dollar, and others were down 0.2% to 0.5%.
The dollar/rupee pair "will have a bit of a lift with Asia where it is", a currency trader at a bank said.
"However, unless we move past 84, you will not have any major activity from interbank or corporates."
The rupee has been avoiding dipping past 84 largely on the back of the central bank's intervention. On several occasions last month, the rupee looked like it would weaken past the psychological level, only to be saved by the central bank.
ALL ABOUT US DATA
This week its all about U.S. data and the impact it has on the Federal Reserve rate cut cycle, which in all certainty is likely to begin this month. The only uncertainty for the Sept. 17-18 meeting is whether the Fed will cut rates by 25 basis points or 50 basis points.
The data on the U.S. labour market likely holds the key to that. The August non-farm payroll data, due on Friday, will be the deciding factor on the size of the rate cut the Fed delivers.
ANZ Bank reckons the Fed will cut rates by 25 basis points in September, and by a total of 75 basis points this year.
The ISM manufacturing and services prints are due on Tuesday and Thursday, providing cues on the economic activity.
KEY INDICATORS:
** One-month non-deliverable rupee INRNDFOR= forward at 84.02; onshore one-month forward premium at 7 paise
** Dollar index =USD at 101.68
** Brent crude futures LCOc1 down 0.2% at $77.3 per barrel
** Ten-year U.S. note yield at 3.92%
** As per NSDL data, foreign investors bought a net $179.3 mln worth of Indian shares on Aug. 30
** NSDL data shows foreign investors bought a net $20.1 mln worth of Indian bonds on Aug. 30
Reporting by Nimesh Vora; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala
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