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EXR - Exchange Rates



Contact
	Contact person			Statistical Information Request form, European Central Bank
	Address			PO Box 16 03 19 Frankfurt am Main Germany, D-60066

Data
	Documentation			ECB STATISTICS BULLETIN – EURO AREA STATISTICS GENERAL NOTES
	Source agency			European Central Bank (ECB)
		Short presentation of data items		The nominal effective exchange rate (EER) index is a summary measure of the external value of a currency vis-à-vis the currencies of the most trading partners, while the real EER - obtained by deflating the nominal rate with appropriate price or cost indices - is the most commonly used indicator of international price and cost competitiveness. Daily spot exchange rates provided by the Market Operations Division.
		Analytical framework		The methodology used to compute the trade weights on which the ECB nominal and real EER are based is similar to that underlying the EER published by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). This methodological framework has been commonly agreed by the 15 NCBs of the then former EU Member States.
		National currency		EUR
		Types of data source		ECB reference rates and Bloomberg data for bilateral EXR and Eurostat, European Commission, OECD, IMF CPI data.
		Reference period		1999Q1 = 100 (ECB), 2005=100 (EC)
		Seasonal adjustment		none
	Periodicity			Monthly
	Timeliness			Monthly
	Catalog			Download the series catalogue (complete list of series) of the dataset EXR (Public) (including the metadata): Excel 2013 or the earlier Excel versions.

Access by the public
		Means of release		SDW, GESMES/TS to ESCB, Eurostat, BIS
		Monthly bulletin		Statistics Bulletin, Section 8.1 and 8.2 of the "Euro area statistics" section.
			Hardcopy	issn: 1830-0081; issn: 1830-0073
		Other		ECB website

Integrity
		Revision policy		Moving weighting scheme with a 3-year update
			Timing	Every 2-3 years
			Means of informing the public	Statistics Bulletin

Quality references
		Title		ECB Occasional Paper No.134 "Revisiting the effective exchange rate of the Euro", by Martin Schmitz, Maarten De Clercq, Michael Fidora, Bernadette Lauro and Cristina Pinheiro, June 2012
			Electronic	http://www.ecb.int/pub/pdf/scpops/ecbocp134.pdf

Methodology
		Geographic coverage		Effective exchange rates methodology
		Data collection		daily
			List indicators used	.
			Frequency with which source gathered	daily
			Period used for gathering source data	daily
		Adjustments		none
			Aggregation	Weighting method
		Index type		Nominal exchange rates: Chain linked index
			Base period / reference period	1999Q1 = 100
		Validation		Manual checks
			Verification of data	Manual checks
			Consistency with other indicators	European Commission EER indices (twice a year)
		Weights		Overall trade weights
			Sources of weights	Trade weights are based on extra-euro area manufacturing trade (SITC Sections 5-8)
			Nature of weights	Trade weights take into account the "third market" effects
			Period of current index weights	1995-97, 1998-2000, 2001-03, 2004-06, 2007-09, 2010-12, 2013-15
			Frequency of weight updates	2-3-year update

Series Level

Exchange Rates
EXR: EXR.D.USD.EUR.SP00.A

Title Complement				ECB reference exchange rate, US dollar/Euro, 2:15 pm (C.E.T.)
Series Key				EXR.D.USD.EUR.SP00.A
ECB Last update				2017-08-18 15:56:18.0
Unit				US dollar
Title				US dollar/Euro
Decimals				Four (4)
Collection indicator				Average of observations through period (A)
Source agency				European Central Bank (ECB) (4F0)
Frequency				Daily

EXR - Exchange Rates

Exchange Rates EXR: EXR.D.USD.EUR.SP00.A

Exchange Rates
EXR: EXR.D.USD.EUR.SP00.A