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Real effective exchange rate index

REER_INDEX · External sector

Chained index of the rouble's real effective exchange rate, January 2024 = 100.

Latest value
129.2
Period August 2026 · Published Sep 16, 2026, 02:00 PM MSK

How to read it

The level means nothing on its own; what matters is the comparison with its own history. A rise means the rouble has strengthened after allowing for inflation differentials, and therefore that export price competitiveness has weakened. The base is arbitrary: do not compare this index with one from another source, which will have its own.

How it is measured

The Bank of Russia publishes the real effective exchange rate only as a change on the previous month, so the level is chained: each month multiplies the one before it. The base — January 2024 = 100 — is a fixed calendar month rather than the earliest observation held, so loading earlier history extends the series backwards from the same base and leaves published values untouched. A gap in the input breaks the chain rather than being stepped over.

History

DateValue
August 2026129.2
July 2026135.7
June 2026135.1
May 2026128.9
April 2026124.9
March 2026129.2
February 2026128.8
January 2026126.5
December 2025123.9
November 2025122.7
October 2025119.7
September 2025124.2