United Arab Emirates Real Effective Exchange Rate

## What this measures

The value of United Arab Emirates's currency against a broad basket of trading partners, weighted by trade and adjusted for differences in inflation. Index, 2020 = 100.

## Why it matters

The dirham is pegged to the dollar, so moves here come from the dollar against everyone else and from inflation differences, not from the central bank.

## How to read it

Higher means a stronger currency in real terms. It read 97.1 in August 2026 against 98.2 a year earlier. The series starts in 1994; its high was 108.0 in January 2017.

## What it does not say

It is not the rate against the dollar, and an index level has no "right" value on its own.

## Source

Bank for International Settlements, series `WS_EER/M.R.B.AE` (stats.bis.org). Palanor reads the full series every day. Source: BIS. Used under the BIS terms for statistics: reuse is unrestricted with the BIS cited as the source, and the statistics carry no additional charge in Palanor.