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Statistical Supplement | October 2006

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, October 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 2006
Mar Apr May June July Aug
  Exchange rates
Country/Currency Unit  
1 Australia/dollar2 0.6524r 0.7365r 0.7627r 0.7266r 0.7369r 0.7639r 0.7399r 0.7528r 0.7631
2 Brazil/real 3.0750 2.9262 2.4352 2.1528 2.1281 2.1697 2.2493 2.1883 2.1553
3 Canada/dollar 1.4008 1.3017 1.2115 1.1573 1.1441 1.1100 1.1137 1.1294 1.1182
4 China, P.R./yuan 8.2772 8.2768 8.1936 8.0350 8.0143 8.0131 8.0042 7.9897 7.9722
5 Denmark/krone 6.5774 5.9891 5.9953 6.2025 6.0798 5.8398 5.8897 5.8826 5.8236
6 European Monetary Union/euro3 1.1321 1.2438 1.2449 1.2028 1.2273 1.2767 1.2661 1.2681 1.2810
7 Hong Kong/dollar 7.7875 7.7891 7.7775 7.7591 7.7561 7.7538 7.7636 7.7734 7.7762
8 India/rupee 46.59 45.26 44.00 44.34 44.82 45.20 45.89 46.37 46.45
9 Japan/yen 115.94 108.15 110.11 117.28 117.07 111.73 114.63 115.77 115.92
10 Malaysia/ringgit 3.8000 3.8000 3.7869 3.7040 3.6626 3.6091 3.6638 3.6679 3.6730
11 Mexico/peso 10.793 11.290 10.894 10.749 11.049 11.091 11.393 10.983 10.874
12 New Zealand/dollar2 0.5822r 0.6643r 0.7049r 0.6342r 0.6220r 0.6311r 0.6190r 0.6178r 0.6348
13 Norway/krone 7.0803 6.7399 6.4412 6.6317 6.3922 6.1040 6.2070 6.2617 6.2423
14 Singapore/dollar 1.7429 1.6902 1.6639 1.6211 1.6008 1.5755 1.5912 1.5837 1.5754
15 South Africa/rand 7.5550 6.4402 6.3606 6.2436 6.0811 6.3128 6.9738 7.0688 6.9503
16 South Korea/won 1,192.08 1,145.24 1,023.75 974.71 952.60 940.82 954.45 950.81 960.95
17 Sri Lanka/rupee 96.541 101.268 100.383 102.648 102.635 102.838 103.525 103.957 103.669
18 Sweden/krona 8.0787 7.3480 7.4710 7.8109 7.6005 7.3050 7.2949 7.2654 7.1890
19 Switzerland/franc 1.3450 1.2428 1.2459 1.3050 1.2830 1.2190 1.2321 1.2376 1.2318
20 Taiwan/dollar 34.405 33.372 32.131 32.459 32.288 31.737 32.440 32.617 32.761
21 Thailand/baht 41.556 40.271 40.252 38.947 37.952 37.947 38.349 37.969 37.587
22 United Kingdom/pound2 1.6347r 1.8330r 1.8204r 1.7442r 1.7680r 1.8687r 1.8435r 1.8443r 1.8941
23 Venezuela/bolivar 1,613.43 1,886.13 2,107.13 2,144.60 2,144.60 2,144.55 2,144.60 2,144.57 2,144.60
  Indexes4
Nominal  
24 Broad (January 1997=100)5 119.09 113.59 110.81 110.63 109.83 107.45 108.76 108.51 107.77
25 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 93.00 85.37 83.78 85.17 84.05 80.78 81.67 82.09 81.33
26 Other important trading partners (January 1997=100)7 143.54 143.39 138.90 135.88 135.80 135.56 137.38 135.91 135.39
 
Real  
27 Broad (March 1973=100)5 104.27 99.64r 98.10 98.44r 98.27r 96.45r 97.85r 97.85r 97.17
28 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 97.56 90.60 90.49 93.03r 92.10r 88.66r 89.83r 90.61r 89.75
29 Other important trading partners (March 1973=100)7 122.47 121.11 117.34 114.55 115.42 115.79r 117.65r 116.50r 116.03

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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