Bangladesh | 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
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Records
63
Source
Bangladesh | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
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1961
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1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971 7.86884259
1972 7.70018417
1973 7.849816
1974 8.22600224
1975 12.18618004
1976 15.3991686
1977 15.3751
1978 15.01611667
1979 15.551925
1980 15.45405833
1981 17.98669167
1982 22.11788333
1983 24.615425
1984 25.35393339
1985 27.99459167
1986 30.4069
1987 30.94983333
1988 31.7332486
1989 32.27
1990 34.56880833
1991 36.59618333
1992 38.95075833
1993 39.5672575
1994 40.21173917
1995 40.27831833
1996 41.79416833
1997 43.89211583
1998 46.90565167
1999 49.0854
2000 52.14166667
2001 55.80666667
2002 57.888
2003 58.15004
2004 59.51265833
2005 64.327475
2006 68.93323333
2007 68.874875
2008 68.598275
2009 69.03906667
2010 69.64929167
2011 74.1524
2012 81.86265833
2013 78.103235
2014 77.64140833
2015 77.94690833
2016 78.46809167
2017 80.43754167
2018 83.46620192
2019 84.4535225
2020 84.87139167
2021 85.08376325
2022 91.74545444

Bangladesh | 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
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Records
63
Source