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FACTOID # 1: ‘Dollar’ is the most common currency name, followed by ‘franc,’ ‘pound,’ ‘dinar,’ ‘peso,’ and ‘rupee.’

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Currency	"leu, pl., lei "
ISO code	MDL 498
DEFINITION: ISO is the International Standards Organisation ISO has specified 3 letter codes for most, if not all currencies in the world. Although the standard can be purchased from ISO's web site, the codes are often published by data vendors and in market literature.
SOURCE: Pacific Exchange Rate Services
Official exchange rate > LCU per US$, period average	12.6
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).		View time series
SOURCE: Pacific Exchange Rate Services
PPP conversion factor to official exchange rate ratio	0.33		[108th of 169]
DEFINITION: Purchasing power parity conversion factor is the number of units of a country's currency required to buy the same amount of goods and services in the domestic market as a U.S. dollar would buy in the United States. 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). The ratio of the PPP conversion factor to the official exchange rate (also referred to as the national price level) makes it possible to compare the cost of the bundle of goods that make up gross domestic product (GDP) across countries. It tells how many dollars are needed to buy a dollar's worth of goods in the country as compared to the United States.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Real effective exchange rate index	109.11 %		[37th of 96]
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. 2000 = 100		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Regime	float
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database