Template:Exchange Rate

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Contents 1 Instruction 1.1 Additional currencies 2 Caveat 3 Choice of currencies 3.1 Old choice of currencies 3.2 See also

[edit] Instruction

It is very easy to use this template. You will know right away when you see this example:

{{Exchange Rate|TWD}}

which produces

[edit] Additional currencies

You may also specify up to 3 additional foreign currencies.

{{Exchange Rate|SGD|MYR|CNY|IDR}}

produces

[edit] Caveat

• "Current XYZ exchange rates" looks like a section title, but it's not. This was done to "remove" the edit buttons on the right so that people won't accidentally change the template. However, the side effect of that is the font size won't change in IE (at least IE6) if I enlarge or shrink my font size.

[edit] Choice of currencies

Currently, the 8 default currencies listed here are Bloomberg's benchmark currencies [1].

[edit] Old choice of currencies

(This section is a casual talk of the author. The author does not guarantee the accuracy of any data here.)

It is hard to determine which currencies are major or of great importance. I finally settled down with the 11 listed above. According to the data on wikipedia itself when I wrote this, these 11 currencies covered 82% of the world GDP (nominal), 75~76% using PPP, and 57% of the world population. I only included the 22 principle countries (12 in eurozone + the other 10) for simplicity of calculation. These ratios are expected to be higher if you include other countries/region that use currencies or will be using (e.g. new E.U members).

Here are a few more candidate currencies if we were to add more. The rank is the rank excluding the currencies already on the list.

Currency	Rank					Regional Importance
	GDP (nom)	GDP (PPP, IMF)	GDP (PPP, World Bank)	GDP (PPP, CIA)	Population
South Korean won	1	1	1	1	14
Indonesian rupiah	9	2	2	2	1	Southeast Asia
New Taiwan dollar	5	3		3	34
Swiss franc	2	21	18	18	76
Turkish new lira	3	5	3	5	9	Middle East
Swedish krona	4	18	15	17	67
South African rand	11	4	6	8	15	Southern Africa
Argentine peso	13	8	5	7	18	South America

[edit] See also

• Foreign exchange market
• Reserve currency
• Foreign exchange reserves