Panama - Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)

The value for Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) in Panama was 1.000 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.000 in 2021 and a minimum value of 1.000 in 1960.

Definition: 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).

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.

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Year Value
1960 1.000
1961 1.000
1962 1.000
1963 1.000
1964 1.000
1965 1.000
1966 1.000
1967 1.000
1968 1.000
1969 1.000
1970 1.000
1971 1.000
1972 1.000
1973 1.000
1974 1.000
1975 1.000
1976 1.000
1977 1.000
1978 1.000
1979 1.000
1980 1.000
1981 1.000
1982 1.000
1983 1.000
1984 1.000
1985 1.000
1986 1.000
1987 1.000
1988 1.000
1989 1.000
1990 1.000
1991 1.000
1992 1.000
1993 1.000
1994 1.000
1995 1.000
1996 1.000
1997 1.000
1998 1.000
1999 1.000
2000 1.000
2001 1.000
2002 1.000
2003 1.000
2004 1.000
2005 1.000
2006 1.000
2007 1.000
2008 1.000
2009 1.000
2010 1.000
2011 1.000
2012 1.000
2013 1.000
2014 1.000
2015 1.000
2016 1.000
2017 1.000
2018 1.000
2019 1.000
2020 1.000
2021 1.000

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.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices