Jordan | 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
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Records
63
Source
Jordan | 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
0.357143 1967
0.357143 1968
0.357143 1969
0.357143 1970
0.357143 1971
0.35714325 1972
0.32857087 1973
0.32209167 1974
0.31979167 1975
0.33198333 1976
0.32926667 1977
0.305625 1978
0.30033333 1979
0.297925 1980
0.33043333 1981
0.35249167 1982
0.36307917 1983
0.384465 1984
0.394625 1985
0.34996583 1986
0.33845875 1987
0.3742925 1988
0.57457583 1989
0.66371167 1990
0.68086583 1991
0.67981833 1992
0.69285083 1993
0.69876417 1994
0.7003775 1995
0.709 1996
0.709 1997
0.709 1998
0.709 1999
0.709 2000
0.70898317 2001
0.70899983 2002
0.709 2003
0.709 2004
0.709 2005
0.709 2006
0.70899977 2007
0.70966655 2008
0.71 2009
0.71 2010
0.71 2011
0.71 2012
0.71 2013
0.71 2014
0.71 2015
0.71 2016
0.71 2017
0.71 2018
0.71 2019
0.71 2020
0.71 2021
0.71 2022
Jordan | 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
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Records
63
Source