Our Big Mac index shows the Chinese yuan is still undervalued – General

www.economist.com — RECENT renewed American calls for China to revalue its currency have so far fallen on deaf ears. China has rejected accusations that America's huge trade deficit with it is caused largely by an artificially weak yuan, which has been pegged to the dollar since July 2008.

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