Cyprus | 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
Republic of Cyprus
Records
63
Source
Cyprus | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
0.357143 1960
0.357143 1961
0.357143 1962
0.357143 1963
0.357143 1964
0.357143 1965
0.357143 1966
0.36210333 1967
0.416667 1968
0.416667 1969
0.416667 1970
0.4107306 1971
0.38357237 1972
0.3499505 1973
0.36469271 1974
0.36890724 1975
0.41049569 1976
0.40812158 1977
0.37351258 1978
0.35444386 1979
0.35305169 1980
0.42143076 1981
0.4753859 1982
0.52664077 1983
0.58838586 1984
0.61255232 1985
0.51814308 1986
0.48109658 1987
0.46662883 1988
0.49462492 1989
0.45807992 1990
0.4644285 1991
0.44954858 1992
0.49740517 1993
0.492191 1994
0.45242017 1995
0.46631125 1996
0.51389733 1997
0.51782558 1998
0.54294775 1999
0.62240912 2000
0.64310703 2001
0.61065999 2002
0.51744326 2003
0.46860055 2004
0.46407051 2005
0.45891595 2006
0.426125 2007
0.67992268 2008
0.7169577 2009
0.75430899 2010
0.7184139 2011
0.77833812 2012
0.75294512 2013
0.7527282 2014
0.90129642 2015
0.90342144 2016
0.88520551 2017
0.84677267 2018
0.89327626 2019
0.8755064 2020
0.84549414 2021
0.94962375 2022
Cyprus | 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
Republic of Cyprus
Records
63
Source