In 2021 forecasts and predictions for the CAD/INR exchange rate are driven by the energy crisis and lingering effects of the Coronavirus pandemic rather than any fundamentals or relative sentiment towards the Canadian and Indian economies.
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The Ukrainian crisis and the impact on energy prices have pushed the Canadian dollar up & down this year against the Rupee.
However, into the final quarter the CAD/INR exchange rate stands at around the 1 year average of 60.
| Date | CAD/INR | Change | Period |
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18 Nov 2022 | 60.77 | 0.6% ▼ | 2 Week |
03 Sep 2022 | 60.74 | 0.6% ▼ | 3 Month |
02 Dec 2021 | 58.49 | 3.3% ▲ | 1 Year |
03 Dec 2017 | 50.72 | 19.1% ▲ | 5 Year |
04 Dec 2012 | 55.06 | 9.7% ▲ | 10 Year |
07 Dec 2002 | 30.89 | 95.5% ▲ | 20 Year |
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Since the initial pandemic shock in March last year CAD/INR has risen around 30 percent, welcome news for Indian expat workers, who represent one of the largest groups remitting money from Canada.
Unlike Latin American countries, which continue to benefit from a U.S. recovery, Asian countries are vulnerable to economic austerity in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Middle East due to the drop in demand for Oil during the Covid pandemic. More than 60% of remittances to India, Bangladesh and Pakistan come from Gulf countries.
Note that forecasts and predictions for the CAD/INR exchange rate change all the time, affected by news events and relative sentiment towards the Canadian and Indian economies and this exchange rate is even more volatile than usual because of the uncertainties around the Coronavirus pandemic.
You can read more about CAD cross-rate forecasts here CAD Trends and Forecasts for 2021.
Since the start of the Russia/Ukrainian war the risk on-off markets had been pushing the Canadian dollar rate up and down in a range around 0.7850 to the US dollar.
However from mid-September the loonie has weakened down from this range to around 0.73 relative to the greenback.
The Indian rupee has steadily weakened all year (like most currencies) against the US dollar on fears that surging energy prices could spur inflation and interest rate hikes.
India imports most of its oil requirements and higher crude prices tend to push up domestic inflation.
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