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