Finland | 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 Finland
Records
63
Source
Finland | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
3.2 1960
3.2 1961
3.2 1962
3.2 1963
3.2 1964
3.2 1965
3.2 1966
3.4499925 1967
4.19997 1968
4.19997 1969
4.19997 1970
4.18441779 1971
4.14633333 1972
3.82116667 1973
3.77375 1974
3.67866667 1975
3.86441667 1976
4.02941667 1977
4.11733333 1978
3.89533333 1979
3.73008333 1980
4.31525 1981
4.82041667 1982
5.57008333 1983
6.01 1984
6.19789583 1985
5.06952 1986
4.395565 1987
4.18283333 1988
4.29121583 1989
3.823505 1990
4.04397917 1991
4.47944 1992
5.71229167 1993
5.2235125 1994
4.36666667 1995
4.59355 1996
5.191435 1997
5.34406583 1998
0.93828307 1999
1.08270508 2000
1.11653309 2001
1.057559 2002
0.88404793 2003
0.80392165 2004
0.80380019 2005
0.79643273 2006
0.7296724 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
Finland | 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 Finland
Records
63
Source