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United States Currency Stats

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  • DEC alternative conversion factor > LCU per US$: The DEC alternative conversion factor is the underlying annual exchange rate used for the World Bank Atlas method. As a rule, it is the official exchange rate reported in the IMF's International Financial Statistics (line rf). Exceptions arise where further refinements are made by World Bank staff. It is expressed in local currency units per U.S. dollar.
  • Exchange rate to Euro: Exchange rate of the 15 most high valued currencies in the world with regards to the Euro, as of April 9, 2011.
  • Exchange rate to Kuwaiti dinars: Exchange rate of the 15 most high valued currencies in the world with regards to Kuwaiti Dinars, as of April 9, 2011.
  • Exchange rate to US dollars: Exchange rate of the 15 most high valued currencies in the world with regards to US Dollars, as of April 9, 2011.
  • GDP > Constant 2000 US$: GDP (constant 2000 US$). GDP at purchaser's prices is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars. Dollar figures for GDP are converted from domestic currencies using 2000 official exchange rates. For a few countries where the official exchange rate does not reflect the rate effectively applied to actual foreign exchange transactions, an alternative conversion factor is used.
  • GDP > Constant 2000 US$ per capita: GDP (constant 2000 US$). GDP at purchaser's prices is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars. Dollar figures for GDP are converted from domestic currencies using 2000 official exchange rates. For a few countries where the official exchange rate does not reflect the rate effectively applied to actual foreign exchange transactions, an alternative conversion factor is used. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Legality of Bitcoins: Legal status of Bitcoins.
  • Monetary unit: Country currency.
  • Official exchange rate > LCU per US$ > 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).
  • Official exchange rate > LCU per US$, period average: Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, 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).
  • PPP conversion factor > GDP to market exchange rate ratio: PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate ratio. 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. The ratio of PPP conversion factor to market exchange rate is the result obtained by dividing the PPP conversion factor by the market exchange rate. The ratio, 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.
  • PPP conversion factor to official exchange rate ratio: 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.
  • Prices and interest rates > Long-term interest rates > Long-term interest rates: These interest rates refer to government bonds with a residual maturity of about ten years. They are not the interest rates at which the loans were issued, but the interest rates implied by the prices at which the bonds are traded on financial markets. For example if a bond was initially bought for 100 with an interest rate of 9%, but the bond is now trading at 90, the interest rate has risen to 10% ([9/90] x 100).
  • Purchasing power and exchange rates > Rates of conversion > Exchange rates: PPPs are currency converters that equalise price levels between countries. The PPPs shown here have been calculated by comparing the prices in OECD countries of a common basket of about 2 500 goods and services. Countries are not required to price all the items in the common basket because some of the items may be hard to find in certain countries, but the common basket has been drawn up in such a way that each country can find prices for a wide range of the goods and services that are representative of their markets.

    The goods and services to be priced cover all those that enter into final expenditure – household consumption, government services, capital formation and net exports. Prices for the different items are weighted by their shares in total final expenditures to obtain the GDP PPPs shown here.
  • Purchasing power and exchange rates > Rates of conversion > Purchasing power parities: PPPs are currency converters that equalise price levels between countries. The PPPs shown here have been calculated by comparing the prices in OECD countries of a common basket of about 2 500 goods and services. Countries are not required to price all the items in the common basket because some of the items may be hard to find in certain countries, but the common basket has been drawn up in such a way that each country can find prices for a wide range of the goods and services that are representative of their markets.

    The goods and services to be priced cover all those that enter into final expenditure – household consumption, government services, capital formation and net exports. Prices for the different items are weighted by their shares in total final expenditures to obtain the GDP PPPs shown here.
  • Real effective exchange rate index: 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
  • Real effective exchange rate index > 2005 = 100: Real effective exchange rate index (2005 = 100). 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.
  • SandP/EMDB indexes > Annual % change: S&P/EMDB indexes measure the U.S. dollar price change in the stock markets covered by the S&P/IFCI and S&P/IFCG country indexes.
  • Terms of trade since 1995: Net barter terms of trade (1995 = 100). Net barter terms of trade are the ratio of the export price index to the corresponding import price index measured relative to the base year 1995.
STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
DEC alternative conversion factor > LCU per US$ 1 2005
Exchange rate to Euro 0.746993
1.33870
2011
Exchange rate to Kuwaiti dinars 0.281100
3.55745
2011
Exchange rate to US dollars 1 2011
GDP > Constant 2000 US$ $14.23 trillion 2012 2nd out of 181
GDP > Constant 2000 US$ per capita $45,335.90 2012 10th out of 181
Legality of Bitcoins Yes 2014
Monetary unit 1 US dollar = 100 cents 2013
Official exchange rate > LCU per US$ > Period average 1 2006
Official exchange rate > LCU per US$, period average $1.00 2012 147th out of 167
PPP conversion factor > GDP to market exchange rate ratio 1 2012 22nd out of 170
PPP conversion factor to official exchange rate ratio 1 2005 24th out of 157
Prices and interest rates > Long-term interest rates > Long-term interest rates 4.63% 2009 9th out of 28
Purchasing power and exchange rates > Rates of conversion > Exchange rates $1.00 National currency units p 2009 17th out of 30
Purchasing power and exchange rates > Rates of conversion > Purchasing power parities $1.00 National currency units p 2009 16th out of 30
Real effective exchange rate index 92.75% 2005 64th out of 94
Real effective exchange rate index > 2005 = 100 89.58 2012 88th out of 93
SandP/EMDB indexes > Annual % change 13.62 annual % change 2006 35th out of 58
Terms of trade since 1995 100.53 1995 47th out of 117

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; Xe Currency Converter; World Bank national accounts data; World Bank national accounts data. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: Legality of Bitcoins by country (List of legal status by country); British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics. World Bank World Development Indicators.; World Bank, International Comparison Program database.; OECD Country statistical profiles 2009; The World Bank Group

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