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Statistical Supplement | June 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, June 2007
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 2004 2005 2006 2006 2007
Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
  Exchange rates
Country/Currency Unit  
1 Australia/dollar2 0.7365 0.7627 0.7535 0.7728 0.7858 0.7826 0.7830 0.7932 0.8273
2 Brazil/real 2.9262 2.4352 2.1738 2.1555 2.1476 2.1376 2.0939 2.0883 2.0302
3 Canada/dollar 1.3017 1.2115 1.1340 1.1359 1.1532 1.1763 1.1710 1.1682 1.1350
4 China, P.R./yuan 8.2768 8.1936 7.9723 7.8622 7.8219 7.7876 7.7502 7.7369 7.7247
5 Denmark/krone 5.9891 5.9953 5.9422 5.7858 5.6452 5.7364 5.6981 5.6232 5.5155
6 European Monetary Union/euro3 1.2438 1.2449 1.2563 1.2888 1.3205 1.2993 1.3080 1.3246 1.3513
7 Hong Kong/dollar 7.7891 7.7775 7.7681 7.7816 7.7733 7.8000 7.8114 7.8132 7.8154
8 India/rupee 45.26 44.00 45.19 44.73 44.48 44.21 44.02 43.79 42.02
9 Japan/yen 108.15 110.11 116.31 117.32 117.32 120.45 120.50 117.26 118.93
10 Malaysia/ringgit 3.8000 3.7869 3.6661 3.6413 3.5477 3.5065 3.4949 3.4894 3.4364
11 Mexico/peso 11.290 10.894 10.906 10.913 10.855 10.956 10.995 11.114 10.980
12 New Zealand/dollar2 0.6643 0.7049 0.6492 0.6693 0.6933 0.6947 0.6934 0.6995 0.7345
13 Norway/krone 6.7399 6.4412 6.4095 6.3991 6.1826 6.3656 6.1860 6.1401 6.0098
14 Singapore/dollar 1.6902 1.6639 1.5882 1.5558 1.5401 1.5373 1.5333 1.5242 1.5150
15 South Africa/rand 6.4402 6.3606 6.7668 7.2455 7.0345 7.1898 7.1755 7.3525 7.1026
16 South Korea/won 1,145.24 1,023.75 954.32 935.41 924.98 936.76 936.90 942.88 930.69
17 Sri Lanka/rupee 101.268 100.383 103.940 107.720 107.791 108.522 108.684 109.294 109.360
18 Sweden/krona 7.3480 7.4710 7.3718 7.0612 6.8398 6.9901 7.0200 7.0171 6.8371
19 Switzerland/franc 1.2428 1.2459 1.2532 1.2356 1.2099 1.2431 1.2393 1.2178 1.2124
20 Taiwan/dollar 33.372 32.131 32.507 32.808 32.512 32.770 32.968 33.010 33.145
21 Thailand/baht 40.271 40.252 37.876 36.501 35.694 35.189 33.888 32.642 32.421
22 United Kingdom/pound2 1.8330 1.8204 1.8434 1.9125 1.9629 1.9587 1.9589 1.9474 1.9879
23 Venezuela/bolivar 1,886.13 2,107.13 2,144.60 2,144.60 2,144.60 2,144.60 2,144.60 2,144.60 2,144.60
  Indexes4
Nominal  
24 Broad (January 1997=100)5 113.63 110.71 108.52 107.34 106.53 107.59 107.23 106.67 105.30
25 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 85.37 83.71 82.46 81.48 80.89 82.37 82.07 81.23 79.87
26 Other important trading partners (January 1997=100)7 143.38 138.89 135.38 134.06 133.03 133.18 132.77 132.80 131.64
 
Real  
27 Broad (March 1973=100)5 99.47r 97.82r 96.67r 94.75r 93.95r 95.04r 94.67r 94.96r 94.30
28 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 91.00r 90.81r 90.74r 89.25r 88.57r 90.36r 90.34r 90.01r 88.85
29 Other important trading partners (March 1973=100)7 119.97 116.27 113.53 110.86 109.81 110.08 109.22r 110.35r 110.29

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. dollars 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.   Return to table

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. 91 (Winter 2005), pp. 1-8.   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 Bloomberg LLP.   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 Bloomberg LLP.   Return to table

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