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MUMBAI: The Indian rupee is expected to decline on Thursday as worries over the US debt ceiling boosted demand for the safe haven dollar and sent US yields higher.

Non-deliverable forwards indicate the rupee, having seen a bit of relief in the last two days, will resume losses.

The one-month NDF indicates that the rupee will open at 82.70-82.72 to the dollar compared with 82.66 in the previous session.

The dollar will “catch a bit of a bid” at open, but “it will have to do much more” to convince momentum chasers, a trader said.

Fitch put the United States’ “AAA” debt ratings on negative watch on Wednesday in a precursor to a possible downgrade should lawmakers fail to raise the amount.

The dollar index rose to 104 and the 2-year US yield climbed to near 4.40%, both highest in more than two months.

The shorter maturity part of the US yield curve was the most impacted by the US debt ceiling impasse.

The point of peak stress (related to the debt ceiling) is set at June 1 where the one-month Treasury bill is yielding nearly 7%, DBS Research said in a note, while T-bill rates, slightly further out, are near 5%.

Indian rupee likely to remain under pressure on higher US yields

Representatives of President Joe Biden and congressional Republicans ended another round of debt ceiling talks on Tuesday with no signs of progress as the deadline to raise the government’s borrowing limit or risk default ticked closer.

US equities dropped overnight. Asian currencies fell with the offshore Chinese yuan dropping below 7.08 to the dollar.

Meanwhile, minutes of the US Federal Reserve May meeting minutes revealed policymakers “generally agreed” that the need for further interest rate increases “had become less certain”.

However, some cautioned that the US central bank needed to keep its options open given the risks of persistent inflation.

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