India’s reserves-comprising major currencies, gold special drawing rights and reserves with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-have been rising steadily since 2013, when the country was part of the “fragile five” category and foreign investors exited because of weak macroeconomic fundamentals.
Bets on US Federal Reserve rate hike in October fall as job market cools
Last month, the US economy added only 29,000 jobs, significantly below the economists’ forecast of 90,000 jobs. The unemployment rate rose to 4.2%, indicating a