Argentina | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. It is calculated as an annual average based on monthly averages (local currency units relative to the U.S. dollar). Development relevance: In a market-based economy, household, producer, and government choices about resource allocation are influenced by relative prices, including the real exchange rate, real wages, real interest rates, and other prices in the economy. Relative prices also largely reflect these agents' choices. Thus relative prices convey vital information about the interaction of economic agents in an economy and with the rest of the world. Limitations and exceptions: Official or market exchange rates are often used to convert economic statistics in local currencies to a common currency in order to make comparisons across countries. Since market rates reflect at best the relative prices of tradable goods, the volume of goods and services that a U.S. dollar buys in the United States may not correspond to what a U.S. dollar converted to another country's currency at the official exchange rate would buy in that country, particularly when nontradable goods and services account for a significant share of a country's output. An alternative exchange rate - the purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor - is preferred because it reflects differences in price levels for both tradable and nontradable goods and services and therefore provides a more meaningful comparison of real output. Statistical concept and methodology: The exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of another. Official exchange rates and exchange rate arrangements are established by governments. Other exchange rates recognized by governments include market rates, which are determined largely by legal market forces, and for countries with multiple exchange arrangements, principal rates, secondary rates, and tertiary rates.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Argentine Republic
Records
63
Source
Argentina | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
1960
1961
1962
0 1963
0 1964
0 1965
0 1966
0 1967
0 1968
0 1969
0 1970
0 1971
0 1972
0 1973
0 1974
0 1975
0 1976
0 1977
1.0E-8 1978
1.0E-8 1979
2.0E-8 1980
4.0E-8 1981
2.6E-7 1982
1.05E-6 1983
6.76E-6 1984
6.018E-5 1985
9.43E-5 1986
0.00021443 1987
0.00087526 1988
0.04233396 1989
0.48758908 1990
0.95355442 1991
0.99064167 1992
0.99894583 1993
0.99900833 1994
0.99975 1995
0.9996625 1996
0.9995 1997
0.9995 1998
0.9995 1999
0.9995 2000
0.9995 2001
3.06325667 2002
2.90062917 2003
2.92330082 2004
2.9036575 2005
3.05431333 2006
3.09564885 2007
3.14416456 2008
3.71010683 2009
3.89629515 2010
4.11013958 2011
4.53693436 2012
5.45935266 2013
8.07527599 2014
9.23318552 2015
14.75817509 2016
16.56270693 2017
28.09499167 2018
48.14789167 2019
70.53916667 2020
94.99074167 2021
130.61655 2022
Argentina | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. It is calculated as an annual average based on monthly averages (local currency units relative to the U.S. dollar). Development relevance: In a market-based economy, household, producer, and government choices about resource allocation are influenced by relative prices, including the real exchange rate, real wages, real interest rates, and other prices in the economy. Relative prices also largely reflect these agents' choices. Thus relative prices convey vital information about the interaction of economic agents in an economy and with the rest of the world. Limitations and exceptions: Official or market exchange rates are often used to convert economic statistics in local currencies to a common currency in order to make comparisons across countries. Since market rates reflect at best the relative prices of tradable goods, the volume of goods and services that a U.S. dollar buys in the United States may not correspond to what a U.S. dollar converted to another country's currency at the official exchange rate would buy in that country, particularly when nontradable goods and services account for a significant share of a country's output. An alternative exchange rate - the purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor - is preferred because it reflects differences in price levels for both tradable and nontradable goods and services and therefore provides a more meaningful comparison of real output. Statistical concept and methodology: The exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of another. Official exchange rates and exchange rate arrangements are established by governments. Other exchange rates recognized by governments include market rates, which are determined largely by legal market forces, and for countries with multiple exchange arrangements, principal rates, secondary rates, and tertiary rates.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Argentine Republic
Records
63
Source