Exchange Rates
Historical exchange rates data is essential for being able to interpret historical financial data published in different currencies.
There are a number of publicly available sources for exchange rates data. You can retrieve a full extract of exchange rates data from the IMF from a single dataset which is automatically generated each night. The below badge shows the current status of this nightly update process:
Columns
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Date | The date of the exchange rate (equivalent to value-date in IATI transactions and budgets) |
| Rate | The rate of this currency to USD |
| Currency | The currency code for this currency (according to ISO 4217) |
| Frequency | Whether this currency is a daily date (D) or a monthly average (M) |
| Source | The source of this data, currently IMF |