The rupee after a 6-month-long storm: trade relief, fresh hope, old constraints
For six long months, the rupee lived under a cloud. This wasn’t a mild drizzle of bad news — it was a policy storm triggered by a 50% U.S. tariff on Indian imports. USD/INR stopped trading on charts alone and began reacting to headlines, speeches, posts, and policy surprises. From the relatively calm 86–87 zone,…