International Monetary Fund. International Financial Statistics: Exchange Rate | Country: Argentina, Brazil, Chile | IMF Key Code: 213..AE.ZF... | Commodity: OFFICIAL RATE, END OF PERIOD - Stock, 01/1959 - 02/2015. Data-Planet™ Statistical Datasets by Conquest Systems, Inc. Dataset-ID: 056-004-001
Dataset: Shows exchange rates for each national currency, in U.S. dollars, Chinese yuan, and Special Drawing Right currency units.
This dataset covers approximately 32,000 time series covering more than 200 countries starting in 1948. Coverage includes exchange rates, IMF accounts and the main global and country economic indicators.
http://www.imfstatistics.org/imf/
Special Drawing Rights are a currency benchmark measure used by the IMF, weighting the U.S. dollar against the Euro, Japanese yen, and U.K. pound.
Category: Banking, Finance, and Insurance, International Relations and Trade
Subject: Exchange Rates
Source: International Monetary Fund
Headquartered in Washington, DC, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was conceived at a United Nations conference convened in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States, in July 1944. The 44 governments represented at that conference sought to build a framework for economic cooperation that would avoid a repetition of the vicious circle of competitive devaluations that had contributed to the Great Depression of the 1930s. As of 2012, the IMF has 188 member countries. Its primary purpose is to ensure the stability of the international monetary system, specifically the system of exchange rates and international payments that enables countries (and their citizens) to transact with one other. This system is essential for promoting sustainable economic growth, increasing living standards, and reducing poverty. The Fund’s mandate has recently been clarified and updated to cover the full range of macroeconomic and financial sector issues that bear on global stability. The IMF is a specialized agency of the United Nations but has its own charter, governing structure, and finances. Its members are represented through a quota system broadly based on their relative size in the global economy.
http://www.imf.org/