mo4ch:>Burgernomics: Big Mac index shows Russian ruble still deeply undervalued | Mo4ch News

The Russian national currency is the most underrated against the greenback, according to the January 2019 Big Mac Index which provides an assessment of the purchasing power of currencies against each other.The index is a lighthearted guide showing how world currencies perform against the US dollar. It is based on price comparisons of McDonald’s Big Macs across the world, annually carried out by The Economist.The indicator draws on purchasing-power parity theory, according to which exchange rates reflect the value of goods people can buy in any given currency.Also on rt.comTop 5 countries opting to ditch US dollar & the reasons behind their moveWhile a Big Mac in the US costs $5.58, in Russia the burger is priced at $1.65. The Big Mac price indicates this exchange rate undervalues the ruble by 70.5 percent, while the official exchange rate shows the difference of only 19.74 percent.Last year, the tongue-in-cheek economic index showed that the Russian ruble was underestimated agains…