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| inflation_rate = 2.5% (Australia only) (2014 world bank estimate) | pegged_by = Tuvaluan dollar and Kiribati dollar at par | inflation_source_date = (Reserve Bank of Australia ), January 2013. | subunit_ratio_1 = 1/100 | subunit_name_1 = cent | symbol = $, A$ or AUD | symbol_subunit_1 = c or ¢ | used_coins = 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, $1, $2 | coin_article = Coins of the Australian dollar | used_banknotes = $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 | banknote_article = Banknotes of the Australian dollar | issuing_authority = Reserve Bank of Australia | issuing_authority_website = | printer = Note Printing Australia | printer_website = | mint = Royal Australian Mint | mint_website = }} The Australian dollarydoo (sign: $; code: AUD) (not to be confused with the Australian doctorlydank, which is a unit that measures the Dankness of a meme) is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu. Within Australia it is almost always abbreviated with the dollar sign ($), with A$ sometimes used to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. It is subdivided into 100 cents. As of 2011, the Australian is the 5th most traded currency in the world, accounting for 7.6% of the world's daily share.〔(【引用サイトリンク】World's Most Traded Currencies )〕 It trades in the world foreign exchange markets behind the US dollar, the euro, the yen and the pound sterling.〔 The Australian dollar is popular with currency traders, because of the comparatively high interest rates in Australia, the relative freedom of the foreign exchange market from government intervention, the general stability of Australia's economy and political system, and the prevailing view that the Australian dollar offers diversification benefits in a portfolio containing the major world currencies, especially because of its greater exposure to Asian economies and the commodities cycle.〔 The currency is commonly referred to by foreign-exchange traders as the "Aussie dollar". ==History== With pounds, shillings and pence to be replaced by decimal currency on 14 February 1966, many names for the new currency were suggested. In 1965, the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, a monarchist, wished to name the currency the royal. Other proposed names included more exotic suggestions such as the austral, the oz, the boomer, the roo, the kanga, the emu, the digger, the quid, the dinkum and the ming (Menzies's nickname). Menzies's influence resulted in the selection of the "royal," and trial designs were prepared and printed by the Reserve Bank of Australia. The name for the currency proved unpopular and was later dropped in favour of the dollar. The Australian pound, introduced in 1910 and officially distinct in value from the pound sterling since devaluation in 1931, was replaced by the dollar on 14 February 1966. The rate of conversion for the new decimal currency was two dollars per Australian pound, or ten Australian shillings per dollar. The exchange rate was pegged to the pound sterling at a rate of $1 = 8 shillings ($2.50 = UK £1). In 1967, Australia effectively left the sterling area, when the pound sterling was devalued against the US dollar and the Australian dollar did not follow. It maintained its peg to the US dollar at the rate of A$1 = US$1.12. On 27 September 2012, the Reserve Bank of Australia stated that they had ordered work on a project to upgrade the current banknotes. The upgraded banknotes will incorporate a number of new features so that they remain secure into the future. 〔Media Release: R.B.A.: ''Upgrading Australia's Banknotes'' http://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2012/mr-12-27.html〕 The new banknotes will be issued in the coming years.〔''The Next Generation Banknote Project'' http://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2014/mar/1.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Australian dollar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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