Moldova - Real effective exchange rate index (2010 = 100)

The value for Real effective exchange rate index (2010 = 100) in Moldova was 127.69 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 131.56 in 2020 and a minimum value of 62.84 in 1999.

Definition: Real effective exchange rate is the nominal effective exchange rate (a measure of the value of a currency against a weighted average of several foreign currencies) divided by a price deflator or index of costs.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1994 78.27
1995 74.40
1996 73.63
1997 84.81
1998 82.38
1999 62.84
2000 73.11
2001 75.79
2002 71.68
2003 67.85
2004 77.68
2005 79.29
2006 81.45
2007 87.76
2008 104.08
2009 106.73
2010 100.00
2011 104.97
2012 110.09
2013 106.75
2014 102.63
2015 99.13
2016 101.49
2017 112.12
2018 122.36
2019 124.94
2020 131.56
2021 127.69

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: Because of conceptual and data limitations, changes in real effective exchange rates should be interpreted with caution.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The real effective exchange rate is a nominal effective exchange rate index adjusted for relative movements in national price or cost indicators of the home country, selected countries, and the euro area. A nominal effective exchange rate index is the ratio (expressed on the base 2010 = 100) of an index of a currency's period-average exchange rate to a weighted geometric average of exchange rates for currencies of selected countries and the euro area. For most high-income countries weights are derived from industrial country trade in manufactured goods. Data are compiled from the nominal effective exchange rate index and a cost indicator of relative normalized unit labor costs in manufacturing. For selected other countries the nominal effective exchange rate index is based on manufactured goods and primary products trade with partner or competitor countries. For these countries the real effective exchange rate index is the nominal index adjusted for relative changes in consumer prices; an increase represents an appreciation of the local currency.

Base Period: 2010

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices