# Real exchange rate of India and United State?

According to OECD the price level of India is 29, and that of united states is 113, and nominal exchange rate is 64-1(INR-$). So what is the real exchange rate? 1. Is it $$RER = NER\times\frac{US_{PriceLevel}}{INR_{PriceLevel}}=273 \\ or \\RER = NER\times\frac{INR_{PriceLevel}}{US_{PriceLevel}}=16$$ I believe it should be the second one, because the price level in India is less than that in US so buying power of dollar should be less. Is this reasoning correct? • This a trivial question you could easily solve by not omitting the units of measurement. Feb 9, 2018 at 7:18 • That's exactly what I thought. I think price level should have units$(\$)^{-1}$ and $(inr)^-1$ and nominal exchange rate should be $(inr)/\$ \$. Are these units correct? Feb 9, 2018 at 7:23
• Why do you think these are correct? Why do you think they are incorrect? The kind of questions you are posting to the site are not a good match for a Stack Exchange. These should be broad questions about concepts and theory, not "I did this, is it ok?" Feb 9, 2018 at 7:42
• I am extremely new to this. I don't have enough understanding of the subject to write questions in a way that is broad and general. I am not really asking this for a homework or an assignment but to improve my understanding. I will ask better questions in the future but I have to get stupid ones out the way first right. PS: Just second week since I started macroeconomics. Feb 9, 2018 at 8:58
• I sympathize but that is not what this SE is for. Feb 9, 2018 at 9:39