Mexico | 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
United Mexican States
Records
63
Source
Mexico | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
0.0125 1960
0.0125 1961
0.0125 1962
0.0125 1963
0.0125 1964
0.0125 1965
0.0125 1966
0.0125 1967
0.0125 1968
0.0125 1969
0.0125 1970
0.0125 1971
0.01250002 1972
0.01249995 1973
0.01249997 1974
0.0125 1975
0.01542585 1976
0.02257287 1977
0.02276728 1978
0.02280538 1979
0.02295101 1980
0.0245146 1981
0.0564017 1982
0.12009358 1983
0.16782758 1984
0.25687158 1985
0.61177258 1986
1.3781825 1987
2.273105 1988
2.4614725 1989
2.81259917 1990
3.01843 1991
3.09489833 1992
3.11561667 1993
3.37511667 1994
6.419425 1995
7.59944842 1996
7.91846 1997
9.13604175 1998
9.5603975 1999
9.45555833 2000
9.34234167 2001
9.65595833 2002
10.78901917 2003
11.28596667 2004
10.89789167 2005
10.89924167 2006
10.92819167 2007
11.12971667 2008
13.513475 2009
12.63600833 2010
12.423325 2011
13.16945833 2012
12.77199167 2013
13.29245 2014
15.84826667 2015
18.66405833 2016
18.92651667 2017
19.24434167 2018
19.26363333 2019
21.48560833 2020
20.27240833 2021
20.12735 2022
Mexico | 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
United Mexican States
Records
63
Source