ArmInfo. AMD strengthened against the dollar in January 2018 by 0.2% against a background of consumer price growth of 2.6%. Compared to January 2017, the dram strengthened against the dollar by 0.7%, while consumer prices grew by 2.6%. As reported to ArmInfo in the National Statistical Service of Armenia, in January 2018 the average calculated rate was 482.4 AMD / $ 1, against 486 AMD / $ 1 - in January 2017 and 486.04 AMD / $ 1 - in January 2015.
In January 2017, consumer price growth of 2.6% was accompanied by a devaluation of the AMD to the dollar by 0.7%, and in January 2016, consumer price growth of 2.2% was accompanied by a devaluation of the dram to the dollar by 0.6%.
On February 13, 2018, at the retail currency market of Armenia, AMD / USD was formed on the level of 482.8 drams / $ 1 on average, against 486.8 AMD / $ 1 a year earlier (February 13, 2017) and 484.5 AMD / $ 1 as of December 29 2017.
