Calculation and Application of the Real Effective Exchange Rate in the Monetary Policy Framework

Abstract

The theory and principles of construction of basic derived indicators of exchange rate dynamics, their economic interpretation and tendencies in the real effective exchange rates dynamics in the countries with transition economy, including Russia, are considered in the article. It is attempted to generalize the methods adopted in the international practice in calculating the real effective exchange rate, to ground the efficiency of the approaches to calculation of basic derived indicators of the rouble’s exchange rate dynamics adopted by Bank of Russia, to estimate the prospects of dynamics of the real effective exchange rate of the rouble.