Comoros | 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
Union of the Comoros
Records
63
Source
Comoros | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
1960 245.19302363
1961 245.2580233
1962 245.01177445
1963 245.01427444
1964 245.02510773
1965 245.05885758
1966 245.67635469
1967 245.99885319
1968 247.56259591
1969 259.95837146
1970 276.4007948
1971 275.35431255
1972 252.0254918
1973 222.8872943
1974 240.70262792
1975 214.31108427
1976 238.94846941
1977 245.67760469
1978 225.65394804
1979 212.71984167
1980 211.27776504
1981 271.72914991
1982 328.60346811
1983 381.06280689
1984 436.95296304
1985 449.25915568
1986 346.30296898
1987 300.53401567
1988 297.84569487
1989 319.00559623
1990 272.2624808
1991 282.10451825
1992 264.68955777
1993 283.16018
1994 416.39882095
1995 374.35709325
1996 383.65999151
1997 437.74708747
1998 442.45883594
1999 461.79299846
2000 532.65598277
2001 549.29826995
2002 520.28491987
2003 434.92306963
2004 395.50352422
2005 395.44377199
2006 391.81921867
2007 358.97528886
2008 334.50003107
2009 352.72006751
2010 371.09569667
2011 353.43646929
2012 382.91725384
2013 370.42471789
2014 370.31799741
2015 443.40877349
2016 444.4542113
2017 435.49256219
2018 416.5848438
2019 439.46311032
2020 430.72091224
2021 415.95584915
2022 467.18426119

Comoros | 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
Union of the Comoros
Records
63
Source