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official rate of exchange [1 record]

Record 1 1999-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

The rate, established by the monetary authorities of a country, at which domestic currency may be exchanged for foreign currency. Where there are no currency controls, the official exchange rate is taken to be the market rate. The official exchange rate would always be used in financial analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Commerce extérieur
Key term(s)
  • cours officiel de change
  • cours officiel

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Tipo establecido por las autoridades monetarias de un país, al que se puede cambiar la moneda nacional por la extranjera. En aquellos casos en que no hay controles monetarios, se considera que el tipo de cambio oficial es la tasa de cambio. El tipo de cambio oficial se utilizaría siempre en el análisis financiero.

Key term(s)
  • tipo oficial de cambio
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