Real effective exchange rate (index; narrow definition; 27 economies) - Japan - BIS - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Real effective exchange rates (Bank for International Settlements)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Japan, the real effective exchange rate (relative to a basket of 27 trading partners' currencies) was 67.30 (index) in August 2025, compared to 67.11 in the previous month. This constitutes a gain of 0.28 percent.
Sample. There are 740 data points in the monthly series shown in the figure above. The time span covered by the series extends from January 1964 to August 2025.
History. Have a look at some statistics we computed on the whole sample: the effective exchange rate reached a trough of 56.40 in March 1964; it hit a peak of 178.85 in April 1995; it had a mean value of 104.87.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Index (an increase indicates an appreciation vis à vis a basket of foreign currencies) |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 68.45 |
| 2025-07-31 | 67.11 |
| 2025-08-31 | 67.3 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Real effective exchange rate (narrow definition: 27 economies) |
| Country | Japan |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Exchange rate |
| Deflation method | Real |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | Index (2020 = 100) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Index (an increase indicates an appreciation vis à vis a basket of foreign currencies) |
| Source | Bank for International Settlements |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Unrestricted use subject to certain conditions |
| Measure type | Geometric trade-weighted average of bilateral exchange rates, with relative adjustments for consumer prices |
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