Navigating the Rupee depreciation

The rupee has been falling and recently, the rupee fell sharply by 105 paise. It is considered as one of the biggest single-session falls in 20 months. Currently, the rupee stands at 74.47 against the US dollar.

Reasons for Rupee Depreciation

A combination of factors are responsible for rupee depreciation, such as

Concerns over Covid-19 has created uncertainty in the market. This affected the FDI(Foreign Direct Investment) and FII(Foreign Institutional Investment). So the rupee weakens further.
RBI’s Government Securities Acquisition Programme (G-SAP) that seeks to buy bonds worth Rs 1 lakh crore might be one of the reasons. It is a quantitative easing policy followed by RBI. The policy supported the government’s increased borrowing Programme through the infusion of liquidity.
The strengthening of the dollar against the euro also contributed to rupee depreciation.
RBI’s status-quo on policy rates is not helping to increase demand in the local economy. This will further impact the rupee.
The value of the rupee will also be impacted by the high bond yields in the US and the inflow of dollars into the US.

Impacts of Rupee Depreciation

It has both positive and negative impacts. For instance,

Depreciation has a positive impact for an NRI. As they are sending money back home they will get more rupees per dollar.
Similarly, Depreciation will have negative impacts on fuel costs and education cost in abroad. For example,
1. One, A depreciating rupee increases the cost of crude import. A rise in cost of crude raises fuel prices and inflation. Crude import accounts for almost 20% of India’s imports.
2. Two, higher education in the US might cost an annual fee of US$ 50,000. A 5% depreciation in the rupee (For example, from 72.5 to 76.125) will raise the cost for one year from Rs 36.26 lakh to Rs 38.06 lakh (Net loss Rs 1.8 lakh)

Recovering from the Rupee Depreciation

There are multiple options to cover the currency volatility risk. They are,

Investing in international funds that invest in global markets through fund of funds. While the Indian investors invest in rupees, in the fund of funds the money gets invested in dollars at the current exchange rate. In case of rupee depreciation, this fund will fully protect against the currency depreciation risk.
In this case, if a person planning for a quick investment (4-5 months) in foreign currency, there are two options to eliminate currency risk.
1. Creating a deposit account in the US and transferring the fund abroad.
2. Going for a currency hedge in the exchanges by investing in future contracts that will mature in 4-5 months.
For example,
1. A future contract worth $50,000, maturing in July at the rate of 74.5, will pay Rs 37.25 lakh.
2. If in December, the rupee depreciates to $77, Then the contract will yield a profit of Rs 1.25 lakh.

Source: IE

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