Just went to my bank. There was a line. I happened to be standing in just the right spot to hear what the customers were saying to the tellers. There were eight people in front of me. Every single one of them was converting money from ruble accounts into euros/dollars. Ready for devaluation. Personally, I think there’s absolutely no way to avoid it. And frankly, it’s needed. Also, I once had a contest on my LiveJournal (a blogging platform) to predict the election results. The second prize—a bottle of JW Gold Label whisky—went unclaimed. The user who was supposed to get it never showed up. So the bottle has just been sitting there for who knows how long. So I’m putting it up as a prize. The bottle will go to whoever most accurately predicts the ruble-to-U.S.-dollar exchange rate on... mmmm... May 12. That is, what the rate will be after the May holidays. After the country gets through the “peak of the crisis in March–April” that the anal-ysts (mocking misspelling of “analysts”) keep using to scare everyone. The official Central Bank rate. If no official rate is set for May 12, then we’ll use the nearest day after May 12. To take part in the contest, leave a comment on this post. A number accurate to two decimal places. How many Russian rubles one U.S. dollar will cost. Predictions will be accepted until 23:59 Moscow time on December 31, 2008. Let’s see those prophetic powers, citizens. My prediction: 43.25 (don’t ask why exactly .25—I have no idea myself)
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