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10 months agoYou’re reading it correctly, but it will make more sense if you swap it around and say 1 USD = 96.41 RUB. The graph is the value of $1 in rubles. When USD can buy more RUB, the line goes up.
You’re reading it correctly, but it will make more sense if you swap it around and say 1 USD = 96.41 RUB. The graph is the value of $1 in rubles. When USD can buy more RUB, the line goes up.
As a practical matter, it would mean international flights to the US are halted. If you will recall the last time there was a shutdown and it appeared that TSA agents were going to walk off the job due to not being paid, they reached an agreement to end the shutdown pretty quickly.