Sovereign Currency Intelligence

Measure currency value
beyond market pricing

RTU provides a structured, proprietary perspective on currency value — complementing traditional FX market pricing. In a changing global environment, market rates do not always fully reflect underlying economic conditions. RTU identifies where those differences emerge.

133
Sovereigns Scored
19
Factor Model
v4
Model Version
Q4 '24
Last Updated
RTU Live Signals
Q4 2024
🇯🇵 Japanese Yen
JPY · Asia
11
Very Strong
🇰🇪 Kenyan Shilling
KES · Africa
34
Near Parity
🇺🇸 US Dollar
USD · Americas
26
FX Overvalued
🇳🇬 Nigerian Naira
NGN · Africa
91
Stressed
🇹🇷 Turkish Lira
TRY · Europe
253
Severely Stressed
RTU v4 · IMF / World Bank / BIS

Why Now

Global currency markets are entering
a period of structural change

Over the past decade, the international economic environment has shifted from a relatively stable, integrated system toward a more fragmented and multi-polar landscape. Trade patterns, capital flows, and supply chains are adjusting in ways that are not always immediately reflected in market exchange rates.

As a result, traditional FX pricing — while highly liquid and efficient in execution — can at times diverge from underlying economic conditions. This divergence is not constant, but it becomes more pronounced during periods of transition.

"Market prices reflect flows. RTU reflects underlying conditions. In periods of structural change, the gap between the two becomes measurable — and actionable."

RTU was built for this environment. By focusing on real economic inputs rather than market flows alone, RTU provides a structured perspective on currency value that complements traditional FX data. It enables users to identify where market pricing and underlying conditions are not fully aligned.

🌐
More Instability
As alliances shift and supply chains fragment, FX prices reflect flows more than fundamentals — creating measurable divergence that RTU surfaces.
📊
More Pricing Inefficiency
In periods of structural change, market exchange rates and underlying conditions diverge more frequently. RTU identifies where — without political commentary.
🔬
More Demand for Better Signals
For institutions, traders, and analysts: clearer context for currency movements and the ability to assess relative value beyond market price alone.
Complementary, Not Competitive
RTU does not replace FX pricing. It provides an additional analytical lens — telling you where market price and economic conditions are not fully aligned.

What You Get

RTU is designed to present outputs clearly
while keeping methodology proprietary

No formulas. No factor weights. No reconstruction risk. Outputs only — structured, reviewed, and delivered by the founder.

Output 01
RTU Sovereign Scores
A standardized measure of currency strength across 133 countries. Rounded integer scores. Strength classifications. Signal types. No raw values, no formulas.
Output 02
Currency Pair Analysis
Compare two currencies to identify divergence between market rates and underlying sovereign value. RTU bilateral ratio vs FX cross — gap quantified.
Output 03
Signal Layer
Daily signals highlighting where divergence is most pronounced. Severe stress, near fair value, FX overvaluation — classified and explained in plain language.
Output 04
Pair Matrix
A full cross-market view of relative currency positioning. 133 × 133 bilateral relationships. Which corridors carry structural pricing gaps — and which direction.
Output 05
Intelligence Reports
Sovereign briefs, bilateral corridor analysis, and thematic reports. Delivered as confidential PDFs. Written by the founder. Actionable for your desk in hours.
Output 06
API Data Access
Institutional clients receive API access to RTU index values and bilateral ratio lookups. Outputs only. The engine is never exposed. Rate-limited by tier.

Who It's For

RTU is designed for
decisions with real stakes

Not for retail traders chasing price action. For institutions and professionals where currency mispricing has seven-figure consequences.

🏛️ Development Finance
DFIs pricing loans and equity in emerging market corridors where the dollar invoice is systematically above fundamental value.
📊 Sovereign Wealth Funds
SWFs managing reserves across multiple corridors — needing a neutral measure that doesn't move with US monetary policy.
⚖️ Hedge Funds & Macro Desks
EM carry trades, relative value positioning, and discretionary macro strategies where fundamentals diverge from FX pricing.
🌍 Finance Ministries
Sovereign teams negotiating bilateral trade, debt restructuring, or reserve diversification away from dollar-denominated instruments.
🚢 Trade Finance
Commodity traders, trade finance banks, and corridor payment operators settling cross-border transactions at a fair bilateral reference rate.
🔬 Analysts & Researchers
Traders seeking structured signals. Analysts requiring consistent comparative frameworks. Research teams modeling dollar dependency effects.

RTU by the Numbers

What's inside
the sovereign engine

133
Countries Scored
19
Sovereign Factors
5
Pillars
Q4 '24
Current Data

RTU v4 evaluates five sovereign pillars: Price Stability, Sovereign Capacity, Real Consumption Basis, External Balance, and Institutional Integrity. Factor weights, transformation logic, and aggregation methodology are proprietary. What is published is the output — a sovereign index and a signal classification. This is how Bloomberg sells terminals. How Moody's sells ratings. RTU follows the same structure.

"For 80 years, every trade corridor has been priced in a currency controlled by one nation. RTU is the first neutral measurement of what that price should actually be."

Purahu RTU — Sovereign Intelligence Engine

Access

Controlled access.
Reviewed before delivery.

RTU is available through a founder-reviewed access model. No auto-billing. No automated delivery. Every request is assessed before any work begins.

Three tiers. One standard: founder review before access.

All tiers require approval before activation. You are invoiced after review — not before. Methodology is never disclosed at any tier.

$49/mo
Starter
$199/mo
Professional
$25K/yr
Institutional
View Full Pricing Institutional Enquiry

Ready to see
what RTU measures?

Submit your access request. The founder reviews every application personally. You'll hear back the same business day.

Request Access Explore RTU Scores