Daily Digest Market Movers: Indian Rupee remains vulnerable amid US election-related uncertainty
- The HSBC final India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) improved to 57.5 in October from an eight-month low of 56.5 in September and was above a preliminary estimate of 57.4.
- "India's headline manufacturing PMI picked up substantially in October as the economy's operating conditions continue to broadly improve," noted Pranjul Bhandari, chief India economist at HSBC.
- "The polls suggesting that Harris may have her nose in front in a couple of swing states is causing a bit of profit-taking in the Trump trade,” noted Kenneth Broux, head of corporate research FX and rates at Societe Generale.
- According to the IMF, India is now estimated to overtake Japan as the world's fourth-biggest economy by FY2025. The IMF forecasts that India's GDP will rise to $4,340 billion next fiscal year.
- Financial markets are now pricing in nearly a 98% possibility of a quarter point reduction and a near 80% chance of a similar-sized move in December, according to CME's FedWatch tool.
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