Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Foreign Exchange Rates - H.10

Current Release

Release Date: March 5, 2012

Foreign Exchange Rates -- H.10 Weekly

(Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)
COUNTRY CURRENCY Feb. 27 Feb. 28 Feb. 29 Mar. 1 Mar. 2
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 1.0764 1.0765 1.0777 1.0803 1.0747
BRAZIL REAL 1.7058 1.6997 1.7148 1.7108 1.7263
CANADA DOLLAR 0.9982 0.9956 0.9866 0.9848 0.9887
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.3012 6.2989 6.2935 6.3001 6.2982
DENMARK KRONE 5.5448 5.5272 5.5653 5.5813 5.6310
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3410 1.3452 1.3359 1.3320 1.3202
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7549 7.7550 7.7551 7.7551 7.7585
INDIA RUPEE 49.1200 49.0100 48.9900 49.1400 49.5500
JAPAN YEN 80.4200 80.4400 81.1000 81.1600 81.5600
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.0225 3.0090 2.9940 3.0000 2.9960
MEXICO PESO 12.8655 12.8646 12.7941 12.7661 12.7745
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.8404 0.8377 0.8397 0.8399 0.8315
NORWAY KRONE 5.5991 5.5632 5.5737 5.5800 5.6104
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.2545 1.2520 1.2474 1.2474 1.2511
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.5359 7.5402 7.4663 7.4650 7.5286
SOUTH KOREA WON 1127.2500 1125.8500 1117.1000 1116.0000 1116.5000
SRI LANKA RUPEE 120.8500 121.8000 121.8000 122.1000 121.6000
SWEDEN KRONA 6.5868 6.5591 6.5843 6.6206 6.6790
SWITZERLAND FRANC 0.8987 0.8961 0.9023 0.9051 0.9134
TAIWAN DOLLAR 29.5700 29.5600 29.3700 29.3700 29.4300
THAILAND BAHT 30.3900 30.3000 30.4600 30.5000 30.5800
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5845 1.5887 1.5951 1.5953 1.5852
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893
Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR  
1) BROAD JAN97=100 98.1502 97.9921 97.9282 97.9770 98.3185
2) MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 72.2174 72.0536 72.1441 72.2016 72.6680
3) OITP JAN97=100 126.1809 126.0449 125.7682 125.8005 125.9364
ND = No data for this date.

For more information on exchange rate indexes for the U.S. dollar, see "Indexes of the Foreign Exchange Value of the Dollar," Federal Reserve Bulletin, 91:1 (Winter 2005), pp. 1-8 (http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/2005/winter05_index.pdf). Weights for the broad index can be found at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H10/Weights; weights for the major currencies index and the other important trading partners (OITP) index are derived from the broad index weights. The most recent annual revision of the currency weights and dollar indexes took effect with the May 2010 release of this report. The source for exchange rates not listed in the table above but used in the calculation of the broad and OITP indexes is Bloomberg L.P.

* U.S. dollars per currency unit.

1) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against the currencies of a broad group of major U.S. trading partners.
2) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against a subset of the broad index currencies that circulate widely outside the country of issue.
3) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against a subset of the broad index currencies that do not circulate widely outside the country of issue.

The euro is reported in place of the individual euro-area currencies. These currency rates can be derived from the dollar/euro rate by using the fixed conversion rates (in currencies per euro) given below:

1 EURO

  • = 13.7603 AUSTRIAN SCHILLINGS
  • = 40.3399 BELGIAN FRANCS
  • = .585274 CYPRUS POUND
  • = 15.6466 ESTONIAN KROON
  • = 5.94573 FINNISH MARKKAS
  • = 6.55957 FRENCH FRANCS
  • = 1.95583 GERMAN MARKS
  • = 340.750 GREEK DRACHMAS
  • = .787564 IRISH POUNDS
  • = 1936.27 ITALIAN LIRE
  • = 40.3399 LUXEMBOURG FRANCS
  • = .429300 MALTESE LIRA
  • = 2.20371 NETHERLANDS GUILDERS
  • = 200.482 PORTUGUESE ESCUDOS
  • = 166.386 SPANISH PESETAS
  • = 30.1260 SLOVAKIAN KORUNA
  • = 239.640 SLOVENIAN TOLAR
Last update: March 5, 2012