Greenland | 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
Greenland
Records
63
Source
Greenland | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
6.90714001 1960
6.90714001 1961
6.90714001 1962
6.90714001 1963
6.90714001 1964
6.90714001 1965
6.90714001 1966
7.00595001 1967
7.50000001 1968
7.50000001 1969
7.50000001 1970
7.41759566 1971
6.94929167 1972
6.0495 1973
6.0949 1974
5.74615 1975
6.045025 1976
6.00319167 1977
5.514625 1978
5.26095833 1979
5.63594167 1980
7.12336667 1981
8.33244167 1982
9.14499167 1983
10.35659167 1984
10.59639167 1985
8.09099167 1986
6.84031667 1987
6.731525 1988
7.310175 1989
6.18855833 1990
6.39645833 1991
6.03613333 1992
6.48393917 1993
6.36055167 1994
5.60236667 1995
5.79867167 1996
6.60445917 1997
6.70082667 1998
6.97624 1999
8.08314417 2000
8.3228175 2001
7.89471417 2002
6.58767333 2003
5.99105667 2004
5.99691 2005
5.94677833 2006
5.44370083 2007
5.09813083 2008
5.36086667 2009
5.624075 2010
5.36871154 2011
5.79247554 2012
5.61631169 2013
5.61246667 2014
6.72790683 2015
6.73171826 2016
6.6029 2017
6.3146 2018
6.6694 2019
6.5421522 2020
6.28711308 2021
7.07615186 2022
Greenland | 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
Greenland
Records
63
Source