Fiji | 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 Fiji
Records
63
Source
Fiji | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
0.792858 1960
0.792858 1961
0.792858 1962
0.792858 1963
0.792858 1964
0.792858 1965
0.792858 1966
0.805854 1967
0.870834 1968
0.870834 1969
0.870834 1970
0.85882323 1971
0.82518371 1972
0.79422383 1973
0.80560383 1974
0.82188306 1975
0.8977154 1976
0.91744033 1977
0.84677075 1978
0.83574325 1979
0.81796467 1980
0.85462658 1981
0.93244867 1982
1.01702033 1983
1.08259667 1984
1.15355417 1985
1.13286583 1986
1.24385833 1987
1.43025833 1988
1.48333333 1989
1.48090833 1990
1.4755575 1991
1.50299083 1992
1.541775 1993
1.464125 1994
1.40633333 1995
1.4033 1996
1.443675 1997
1.98681667 1998
1.969625 1999
2.128625 2000
2.27660295 2001
2.18678335 2002
1.89576838 2003
1.73310168 2004
1.69104622 2005
1.73126493 2006
1.6104138 2007
1.59403441 2008
1.95809504 2009
1.91850868 2010
1.79088383 2011
1.78989282 2012
1.84147662 2013
1.88734536 2014
2.09762982 2015
2.09469594 2016
2.0668753 2017
2.08737979 2018
2.16039312 2019
2.16880492 2020
2.07063333 2021
2.20140699 2022
Fiji | 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 Fiji
Records
63
Source