Zurich-headquartered UBS as well as the Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank both believe that the Indian rupee will continue its plunge and will probably hit the Rs70-level against the US dollar sometime soon. While UBS hasn’t offered a time frame in its forecast, Deutsche Bank maintains that the rupee could see that level in a month or so.
The currency has lost almost half (46.5 per cent) of its worth in the past five years, and if the Rs70 vs. $1 prediction comes true by next month, that would translate into a loss of 61 per cent of its value in 60 months.