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)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
7.86884259 1971
7.70018417 1972
7.849816 1973
8.22600224 1974
12.18618004 1975
15.3991686 1976
15.3751 1977
15.01611667 1978
15.551925 1979
15.45405833 1980
17.98669167 1981
22.11788333 1982
24.615425 1983
25.35393339 1984
27.99459167 1985
30.4069 1986
30.94983333 1987
31.7332486 1988
32.27 1989
34.56880833 1990
36.59618333 1991
38.95075833 1992
39.5672575 1993
40.21173917 1994
40.27831833 1995
41.79416833 1996
43.89211583 1997
46.90565167 1998
49.0854 1999
52.14166667 2000
55.80666667 2001
57.888 2002
58.15004 2003
59.51265833 2004
64.327475 2005
68.93323333 2006
68.874875 2007
68.598275 2008
69.03906667 2009
69.64929167 2010
74.1524 2011
81.86265833 2012
78.103235 2013
77.64140833 2014
77.94690833 2015
78.46809167 2016
80.43754167 2017
83.46620192 2018
84.4535225 2019
84.87139167 2020
85.08376325 2021
91.74545444 2022
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