Monday, August 19, 2013

Indian Rupee Collapses - Worst Day In 20 Years

Presented with little comment (over our earlier detail [3]) but just to note that around the world there are significant events occurring (even as the US equity market slumbers). So much for the gold coin ban - gold now trades at 4 month highs in Rupee terms.

Today's 1.46 Rupee slump is the largest in absolute terms since 1993... (the largest single-day percentage depreciation since 9/22/2011)...
 [4]

and the last 4 weeks' move is the largest since 1991...
 [5]

And just for fun, since May 2nd, holders of paper Rupee have lost 18% of their purchasing power while those that held gold instead have seen their 'wealth' appreciate 13% in local purchasing power.