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Statistical Supplement | May 2006

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, May 2006

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 2003 2004 2005 2005 2006
Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
  Exchange rates
Country/Currency Unit  
1 Australia/dollar2 65.24 73.65 76.27 75.35 73.53 74.23 75.05 74.18 72.66
2 Brazil/real 3.0750 2.9262 2.4352 2.2536 2.2109 2.2809 2.2666 2.1587 2.1528
3 Canada/dollar 1.4008 1.3017 1.2115 1.1774 1.1815 1.1615 1.1572 1.1489 1.1573
4 China, P.R./yuan 8.2772 8.2768 8.1936 8.0895 8.0840 8.0755 8.0654 8.0512 8.0350
5 Denmark/krone 6.5774 5.9891 5.9953 6.2064 6.3277 6.2844 6.1530 6.2514 6.2025
6 European Monetary Union/euro3 1.1321 1.2438 1.2449 1.2022 1.1789 1.1861 1.2126 1.1940 1.2028
7 Hong Kong/dollar 7.7875 7.7891 7.7775 7.7559 7.7538 7.7531 7.7537 7.7593 7.7591
8 India/rupee 46.59 45.26 44.00 44.76 45.63 45.56 44.20 44.23 44.34
9 Japan/yen 115.94 108.15 110.11 114.87 118.45 118.46 115.48 117.86 117.28
10 Malaysia/ringgit 3.8000 3.8000 3.7869 3.7735 3.7782 3.7780 3.7530 3.7276 3.7040
11 Mexico/peso 10.793 11.290 10.894 10.835 10.672 10.627 10.542 10.484 10.749
12 New Zealand/dollar2 58.22 66.43 70.49 69.83 68.97 69.47 68.72 67.35 63.42
13 Norway/krone 7.0803 6.7399 6.4412 6.5103 6.6399 6.7242 6.6287 6.7526 6.6317
14 Singapore/dollar 1.7429 1.6902 1.6639 1.6915 1.6981 1.6738 1.6310 1.6286 1.6211
15 South Africa/rand 7.5550 6.4402 6.3606 6.5878 6.6554 6.3480 6.0760 6.1153 6.2436
16 South Korea/won 1,192.08 1,145.24 1,023.75 1,045.88 1,040.76 1,022.38 981.44 969.84 974.71
17 Sri Lanka/rupee 96.541 101.268 100.383 101.485 101.800 101.977 102.016 102.194 102.648
18 Sweden/krona 8.0787 7.3480 7.4710 7.8433 8.1157 7.9518 7.6697 7.8226 7.8109
19 Switzerland/franc 1.3450 1.2428 1.2459 1.2880 1.3110 1.3053 1.2773 1.3052 1.3050
20 Taiwan/dollar 34.405 33.372 32.131 33.468 33.580 33.286 32.035 32.319 32.459
21 Thailand/baht 41.556 40.271 40.252 40.895 41.097 41.076 39.519 39.343 38.947
22 United Kingdom/pound2 163.47 183.30 182.04 176.51 173.49 174.58 176.86 174.80 174.42
23 Venezuela/bolivar 1,613.43 1,886.13 2,107.13 2,144.60 2,144.66 2,144.62 2,144.64 2,144.62 2,144.60
  Indexes4
Nominal  
24 Broad (January 1997=100)5 119.09 113.59 110.81 111.70 112.51 111.79 110.18 110.46 110.63
25 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 93.00 85.37 83.78 85.12 86.58 85.83 84.44 85.22 85.17
26 Other important trading partners (January 1997=100)7 143.54 143.39 138.90 138.78 138.26 137.72 136.02 135.35 135.88
 
Real  
27 Broad (March 1973=100)5 104.47r 99.83r 98.29r 100.15r 100.00r 98.89r 97.98r 98.07r 98.62
28 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 97.56r 90.60r 90.50r 93.07r 94.07r 92.77r 91.95r 92.94r 93.00
29 Other important trading partners (March 1973=100)7 123.25r 121.87r 118.08r 119.02r 117.21r 116.28r 115.17r 114.01r 115.27

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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