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Statistical Supplement | August 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, August 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 2007
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June
  Exchange rates
Country/Currency Unit  
1 Australia/dollar2 0.7365 0.7627 0.7535 0.7826 0.7830 0.7932 0.8273 0.8254 0.8423
2 Brazil/real 2.9262 2.4352 2.1738 2.1376 2.0939 2.0883 2.0302 1.9836 1.9323
3 Canada/dollar 1.3017 1.2115 1.1340 1.1763 1.1710 1.1682 1.1350 1.0951 1.0651
4 China, P.R./yuan 8.2768 8.1936 7.9723 7.7876 7.7502 7.7369 7.7247 7.6773 7.6333
5 Denmark/krone 5.9891 5.9953 5.9422 5.7364 5.6981 5.6232 5.5155 5.5120 5.5463
6 European Monetary Union/euro3 1.2438 1.2449 1.2563 1.2993 1.3080 1.3246 1.3513 1.3518 1.3421
7 Hong Kong/dollar 7.7891 7.7775 7.7681 7.8000 7.8114 7.8132 7.8154 7.8187 7.8142
8 India/rupee 45.26 44.00 45.19 44.21 44.02 43.79 42.02 40.57 40.59
9 Japan/yen 108.15 110.11 116.31 120.45 120.50 117.26 118.93 120.77 122.69
10 Malaysia/ringgit 3.8000 3.7869 3.6661 3.5065 3.4949 3.4894 3.4364 3.4002 3.4444
11 Mexico/peso 11.290 10.894 10.906 10.956 10.995 11.114 10.980 10.822 10.833
12 New Zealand/dollar2 0.6643 0.7049 0.6492 0.6947 0.6934 0.6995 0.7345 0.7334 0.7570
13 Norway/krone 6.7399 6.4412 6.4095 6.3656 6.1860 6.1401 6.0098 6.0220 5.9980
14 Singapore/dollar 1.6902 1.6639 1.5882 1.5373 1.5333 1.5242 1.5150 1.5231 1.5367
15 South Africa/rand 6.4402 6.3606 6.7668 7.1898 7.1755 7.3525 7.1026 7.0148 7.1515
16 South Korea/won 1,145.24 1,023.75 954.32 936.76 936.90 942.88 930.69 927.56 927.87
17 Sri Lanka/rupee 101.268 100.383 103.940 108.522 108.684 109.294 109.360 110.800 110.966
18 Sweden/krona 7.3480 7.4710 7.3718 6.9901 7.0200 7.0171 6.8371 6.8094 6.9485
19 Switzerland/franc 1.2428 1.2459 1.2532 1.2431 1.2393 1.2178 1.2124 1.2211 1.2330
20 Taiwan/dollar 33.372 32.131 32.507 32.770 32.968 33.010 33.145 33.278 32.974
21 Thailand/baht 40.271 40.252 37.876 35.189 33.888 32.642 32.421 32.818 32.318
22 United Kingdom/pound2 1.8330 1.8204 1.8434 1.9587 1.9589 1.9474 1.9879 1.9842 1.9867
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)5 113.63 110.71 108.52 107.59 107.23 106.67 105.30 104.40 104.12
25 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 85.37 83.71 82.46 82.37 82.07 81.23 79.87 79.20 78.93
26 Other important trading partners (January 1997=100)7 143.38 138.89 135.38 133.18 132.77 132.80 131.64 130.48 130.23
 
Real  
27 Broad (March 1973=100)5 99.47r 97.82 96.67 95.04r 94.65r 94.93r 94.29r 93.92r 93.69
28 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 91.00r 90.81r 90.74r 90.36r 90.31r 89.98r 88.85r 88.47r 88.25
29 Other important trading partners (March 1973=100)7 119.97 116.27 113.53 110.08 109.22 110.33 110.27 109.88 109.62

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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