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Statistical Supplement | December 2004

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, December 2004

3.28  Foreign Exchange Rates and Indexes of the Foreign Exchange Value of the U.S. Dollar1
Currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted
Item 2001r 2002r 2003r 2004
Mayr Juner Julyr Augr Septr Oct
  Exchange rates
Country/Currency Unit  
1 Australia/dollar2 51.69 54.37 65.24 70.39 69.37 71.61 71.11 70.28 73.37
2 Brazil/real 2.3527 2.9213 3.0750 3.1023 3.1293 3.0384 3.0018 2.8914 2.8520
3 Canada/dollar 1.5487 1.5704 1.4008 1.3789 1.3578 1.3225 1.3127 1.2881 1.2469
4 China, P.R./yuan 8.2770 8.2771 8.2772 8.2771 8.2767 8.2767 8.2768 8.2767 8.2765
5 Denmark/krone 8.3323 7.8862 6.5774 6.2021 6.1220 6.0631 6.1007 6.0866 5.9486
6 European Monetary Union/euro3 0.8952 0.9454 1.1321 1.2000 1.2146 1.2266 1.2191 1.2224 1.2507
7 Hong Kong/dollar 7.7997 7.7996 7.7875 7.7971 7.7980 7.8000 7.7997 7.7995 7.7889
8 India/rupee 47.22r 48.63r 46.59r 45.18 45.50 46.06 46.32 46.05 45.74
9 Japan/yen 121.57r 125.22r 115.94r 112.20 109.43 109.49 110.23 110.09 108.78
10 Malaysia/ringgit 3.8000r 3.8000r 3.8000r 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
11 Mexico/peso 9.337r 9.663r 10.793r 11.520 11.393 11.468 11.395 11.487 11.404
12 New Zealand/dollar2 42.02r 46.45r 58.22r 61.51 62.84 64.67 65.61 65.94 68.46
13 Norway/krone 8.9964r 7.9839r 7.0803r 6.8428 6.8279 6.9126 6.8369 6.8416 6.5809
14 Singapore/dollar 1.7930r 1.7908r 1.7429r 1.7124 1.7136 1.7121 1.7145 1.6948 1.6767
15 South Africa/rand 8.6093r 10.5176r 7.5550r 6.7996 6.4216 6.1350 6.4667 6.5349 6.3815
16 South Korea/won 1,292.01r 1,250.31r 1,192.08r 1,177.88 1,159.02 1,158.70 1,158.03 1,148.72 1,141.57
17 Sri Lanka/rupee 89.602r 95.773r 96.541r 98.929 100.930 102.998 103.436 103.326 103.885
18 Sweden/krona 10.3425r 9.7233r 8.0787r 7.6097 7.5323 7.5027 7.5362 7.4356 7.2453
19 Switzerland/franc 1.6891r 1.5567r 1.3450r 1.2839 1.2503 1.2452 1.2623 1.2629 1.2330
20 Taiwan/dollar 33.824r 34.536r 34.405r 33.444 33.568 33.806 34.023 33.893 33.775
21 Thailand/baht 44.532r 43.019r 41.556r 40.560 40.827 40.982 41.521 41.474 41.294
22 United Kingdom/pound2 143.96r 150.25r 163.47r 178.60 182.79 184.38 182.03 179.37 180.77
23 Venezuela/bolivar 724.10r 1,161.19r 1,613.43r 1,919.76 1,920.00 1,920.00 1,920.00 1,920.00 1,918.08
  Indexes4
Nominal  
24 Broad (January 1997=100)5 125.91r 126.75r 119.28r 117.08 115.91 115.08 115.26 114.81 113.15
25 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 107.66r 105.98r 93.04r 89.03 87.57 86.46 86.72 86.25 84.32
26 Other important trading partners (January 1997=100)7 135.86r 140.55r 144.03r 145.84 145.52 145.50 145.47 145.17 144.50
 
Real  
27 Broad (March 1973=100)5 111.08r 111.30r 104.60r 103.18 102.42 101.51 101.47 100.97 99.63
28 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 112.19r 110.61r 97.66r 94.50 93.22 92.06 92.33 91.91 90.01
29 Other important trading partners (March 1973=100)7 118.95r 121.57r 123.34r 124.55 124.57 124.00 123.46 122.79 122.29

1. Averages of certified noon buying rates in New York for cable transfers. Data in this table also appear in the Board's G.5 (405) monthly statistical release.   Return to table

2. U.S. cents per currency unit.   Return to table

3. The euro is reported in place of the individual euro area currencies. By convention, the rate is reported in U.S. dollars per euro. The bilateral currency rates can be derived from the euro rate by using the fixed conversion rates (in currencies per euro) as shown below:

Euro equals
13.7603  Austrian schillings
40.3399  Belgian francs
5.94573  Finnish markkas
6.55957  French francs
1.95583  German marks
.787564  Irish pounds
1,936.27 Italian lire
40.3399  Luxembourg francs
2.20371  Netherlands guilders
200.482  Portuguese escudos
166.386  Spanish pesetas

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4. Starting with the January 2004 Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, revised index values resulting from the periodic revision of data that underlie the calculated trade weights are reported. For more information on the indexes of the foreign exchange value of the dollar, see Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 84 (October 1998), pp. 811-818.   Return to table

5. Weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against the currencies of a broad group of U.S. trading partners. The weight for each currency is computed as an average of U.S. bilateral import shares from and export shares to the issuing country and of a measure of the importance to U.S. exporters of that country's trade in third country markets. The source for exchange rates not listed in the table above but used in the calculation of this index is Reuters Limited.   Return to table

6. Weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against a subset of broad index currencies that circulate widely outside the country of issue. The weight for each currency is its broad index weight scaled so that the weights of the subset of currencies in the index sum to one.   Return to table

7. Weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against a subset of broad index currencies that do not circulate widely outside the country of issue. The weight for each currency is its broad index weight scaled so that the weights of the subset of currencies in the index sum to one. The source for exchange rates not listed in the table above but used in the calculation of this index is Reuters Limited.   Return to table

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