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East Germany: USD exchange rate

Local currency per US dollar · 1959–1990 · 32 observations · USDfx

1990
1.63local currency per US dollar
Change on 1989
−13.5%year on year
Average growth, 1980–1990
−1.1%a year

USD exchange rate

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1.522.533.544.51960196519701975198019851990East GermanyEast Germany
Local currency per US dollar

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Recent values

Local currency per US dollar

YearValue
19901.63
19891.88
19881.76
19871.81
19862.18
19852.97
19842.87
19832.55
19822.43
19812.29

Sources

  • COMECON1959–1989
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1967–1973
  • Banca d'Italia1974–1990

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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