1  Constant exchange rate figures are expressed in exchange rates prevailing at the end of the last available observation. As a result, current and constant exchange rate figures are by construction the same for the last observation. 2  40 countries, if we include the countries of the CFA Frank Zone in Western Africa.
2  BIS Review 62/2008  The international role of the euro area is especially strong in neighbouring regions with special political and economic ties to the European Union. III. Determinants of and prospects for the international role of the euro  What are the prospects for the euro’s international role in the coming years?