Asian Monetary Unit


The Asian Monetary Unit is a basket of currencies proposed by the Japanese government's Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry. It is similar to and modeled on the European Currency Unit, predecessor to the euro.
The Asian Monetary Unit, which has been created as the joint project of 21st century COE project of Hitotsubashi University and RIETI, is a common currency basket composed of 13 East Asian currencies, such as ASEAN 10 plus Japan, China and South Korea. These data have been published on the website of RIETI since September 2005. After 4 years passed, a common currency basket composed of 13 AMU currencies plus three other countries, Australia, New Zealand and India, which are strongly connected with Asian countries, is newly created as "AMU-wide". The AMU-wide, which is a common currency basket composed of wider range of currencies, will be expected to use as a surveillance indicator corresponding to the extensive regional economies.
The calculation methodology of the AMU-wide and AMU-wide Deviation Indicators are same as those of the AMU. The benchmark period is defined as:
should all be relatively close to zero.

AMU baskets

The AMU is a basket composed of 13 currencies.
CountryCurrency
BruneiBrunei dollar
CambodiaCambodian riel
IndonesiaIndonesian rupiah
LaosLao kip
MalaysiaMalaysian ringgit
MyanmarBurmese kyat
PhilippinesPhilippine peso
SingaporeSingapore dollar
ThailandThai baht
VietnamVietnamese đồng
ChinaChinese Yuan
JapanJapanese yen
South KoreaSouth Korean won