Hungary | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Hungary
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63
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Hungary | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
60 1968
60 1969
60 1970
59.82161667 1971
55.26 1972
48.966225 1973
46.7524 1974
43.97138333 1975
41.57526667 1976
40.96075 1977
37.91135 1978
35.578 1979
32.53228333 1980
34.31429167 1981
36.63055 1982
42.67115 1983
48.04220833 1984
50.1194 1985
45.83215 1986
46.97054167 1987
50.41320833 1988
59.06634167 1989
63.20586667 1990
74.73538333 1991
78.98839167 1992
91.93318333 1993
105.16045833 1994
125.681425 1995
152.64666667 1996
186.78916667 1997
214.40166667 1998
237.14583333 1999
282.17916667 2000
286.49 2001
257.88666667 2002
224.30666667 2003
202.74583333 2004
199.5825 2005
210.39 2006
183.62583333 2007
172.11333333 2008
202.34166667 2009
207.94416667 2010
201.055 2011
225.10416667 2012
223.695 2013
232.60166667 2014
279.3325 2015
281.52333333 2016
274.43333333 2017
270.21166667 2018
290.66 2019
307.99666667 2020
303.14083333 2021
372.59583333 2022
Hungary | 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
Hungary
Records
63
Source