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Statistical Supplement | December 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, December 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
May June July Aug Sept Oct
  Exchange rates
Country/Currency Unit  
1 Australia/dollar2 0.7365 0.7627 0.7535 0.8254 0.8423 0.8677 0.8291 0.8461 0.8996
2 Brazil/real 2.9262 2.4352 2.1738 1.9836 1.9323 1.8812 1.9620 1.9023 1.7987
3 Canada/dollar 1.3017 1.2115 1.1340 1.0951 1.0651 1.0502 1.0579 1.0267 0.9754
4 China, P.R./yuan 8.2768 8.1936 7.9723 7.6773 7.6333 7.5757 7.5734 7.5210 7.5019
5 Denmark/krone 5.9891 5.9953 5.9422 5.5120 5.5463 5.4199 5.4621 5.3563 5.2363
6 European Monetary Union/euro3 1.2438 1.2449 1.2563 1.3518 1.3421 1.3726 1.3626 1.3910 1.4233
7 Hong Kong/dollar 7.7891 7.7775 7.7681 7.8187 7.8142 7.8197 7.8155 7.7824 7.7545
8 India/rupee 45.26 44.00 45.19 40.57 40.59 40.27 40.68 40.17 39.37
9 Japan/yen 108.15 110.11 116.31 120.77 122.69 121.41 116.73 115.04 115.87
10 Malaysia/ringgit 3.8000 3.7869 3.6661 3.4002 3.4444 3.4397 3.4826 3.4691 3.3735
11 Mexico/peso 11.290 10.894 10.906 10.822 10.833 10.815 11.044 11.032 10.821
12 New Zealand/dollar2 0.6643 0.7049 0.6492 0.7334 0.7570 0.7862 0.7259 0.7188 0.7603
13 Norway/krone 6.7399 6.4412 6.4095 6.0220 5.9980 5.7807 5.8492 5.6256 5.4023
14 Singapore/dollar 1.6902 1.6639 1.5882 1.5231 1.5367 1.5156 1.5226 1.5110 1.4650
15 South Africa/rand 6.4402 6.3606 6.7668 7.0148 7.1515 6.9730 7.2153 7.1007 6.7574
16 South Korea/won 1,145.24 1,023.75 954.32 927.56 927.87 918.12 934.48 928.60 914.94
17 Sri Lanka/rupee 101.268 100.383 103.940 110.800 110.966 111.672 112.184 113.342 112.858
18 Sweden/krona 7.3480 7.4710 7.3718 6.8094 6.9485 6.6933 6.8429 6.6713 6.4439
19 Switzerland/franc 1.2428 1.2459 1.2532 1.2211 1.2330 1.2069 1.2027 1.1852 1.1741
20 Taiwan/dollar 33.372 32.131 32.507 33.278 32.974 32.810 32.962 33.011 32.550
21 Thailand/baht 40.271 40.252 37.876 32.818 32.318 30.387 31.796 32.057 31.525
22 United Kingdom/pound2 1.8330 1.8204 1.8434 1.9842 1.9867 2.0355 2.0110 2.0184 2.0449
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)5 113.63 110.71 108.52 104.40 104.12 102.77 103.33 101.93 99.80
25 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 85.37 83.71 82.46 79.20 78.93 77.51 77.51 75.91 73.93
26 Other important trading partners (January 1997=100)7 143.38 138.89 135.38 130.48 130.23 129.26 130.72 129.94 127.98
 
Real  
27 Broad (March 1973=100)5 99.49r 97.85r 96.70r 93.94r 93.71r 92.16r 92.20r 90.90r 88.71
28 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 91.04r 90.85r 90.78r 88.51r 88.29r 86.67r 86.44r 84.74r 82.49
29 Other important trading partners (March 1973=100)7 119.97 116.27 113.53 109.85 109.59r 108.00r 108.40r 107.54r 105.22

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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