Macao SAR, China | 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
Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source
Macao SAR, China | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
6.07578947 1967
6.07157895 1968
6.03614035 1969
6.05140351 1970
5.94736842 1971
5.7145614 1972
4.92875475 1973
5.03976404 1974
5.12643735 1975
6.06144899 1976
5.57378531 1977
5.02916667 1978
5.17666667 1979
5.095 1980
5.75166667 1981
6.22583333 1982
7.46416667 1983
8.03535 1984
7.99884167 1985
8.01315833 1986
8.00980833 1987
8.04059167 1988
8.03388333 1989
8.02099167 1990
8.00425 1991
7.97234167 1992
7.96755 1993
7.96028333 1994
7.96775833 1995
7.9664 1996
7.97529167 1997
7.97876667 1998
7.99185 1999
8.0259 2000
8.0335 2001
8.03343333 2002
8.02124117 2003
8.02217108 2004
8.01106458 2005
8.00142617 2006
8.03585392 2007
8.02010992 2008
7.98428333 2009
8.00221667 2010
8.01820833 2011
7.9898635 2012
7.98925533 2013
7.987129 2014
7.98496042 2015
7.99506425 2016
8.026001 2017
8.07250742 2018
8.07047033 2019
7.98906192 2020
8.00553175 2021
8.06520608 2022
Macao SAR, China | 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
Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source