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Statistical Supplement | April 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, April 2008
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 2005 2006 2007 2007 2008
Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
  Exchange rates
Country/Currency Unit  
1 Australia/dollar2 0.7627 0.7535 0.8391 0.8461 0.8996 0.8961 0.8719 0.8823 0.9133
2 Brazil/real 2.4352 2.1738 1.9461 1.9023 1.7987 1.7669 1.7852 1.7710 1.7290
3 Canada/dollar 1.2115 1.1340 1.0734 1.0267 0.9754 0.9672 1.0021 1.0099 0.9986
4 China, P.R./yuan 8.1936 7.9723 7.6058 7.5210 7.5019 7.4210 7.3682 7.2405 7.1644
5 Denmark/krone 5.9953 5.9422 5.4413 5.3563 5.2363 5.0766 5.1235 5.0575 5.0507
6 European Monetary Union/euro3 1.2449 1.2563 1.3711 1.3910 1.4233 1.4683 1.4559 1.4728 1.4759
7 Hong Kong/dollar 7.7775 7.7681 7.8016 7.7824 7.7545 7.7774 7.7983 7.8044 7.7963
8 India/rupee 44.00 45.19 41.18 40.17 39.37 39.33 39.38 39.27 39.67
9 Japan/yen 110.11 116.31 117.76 115.04 115.87 111.07 112.45 107.82 107.03
10 Malaysia/ringgit 3.7869 3.6661 3.4354 3.4691 3.3735 3.3588 3.3324 3.2653 3.2216
11 Mexico/peso 10.894 10.906 10.928 11.032 10.821 10.881 10.846 10.906 10.768
12 New Zealand/dollar2 0.7049 0.6492 0.7365 0.7188 0.7603 0.7631 0.7690 0.7740 0.7969
13 Norway/krone 6.4412 6.4095 5.8557 5.6256 5.4023 5.4156 5.5000 5.3993 5.3851
14 Singapore/dollar 1.6639 1.5882 1.5065 1.5110 1.4650 1.4466 1.4487 1.4299 1.4106
15 South Africa/rand 6.3606 6.7668 7.0477 7.1007 6.7574 6.7049 6.8376 6.9962 7.6578
16 South Korea/won 1,023.75 954.32 928.97 928.60 914.94 918.81 931.10 942.06 944.01
17 Sri Lanka/rupee 100.383 103.940 110.620 113.342 112.858 110.418 108.891 108.156 107.827
18 Sweden/krona 7.4710 7.3718 6.7550 6.6713 6.4439 6.3242 6.4764 6.3978 6.3450
19 Switzerland/franc 1.2459 1.2532 1.1999 1.1852 1.1741 1.1233 1.1402 1.1006 1.0890
20 Taiwan/dollar 32.131 32.507 32.852 33.011 32.550 32.328 32.412 32.359 31.616
21 Thailand/baht 40.252 37.876 32.203 32.057 31.525 31.348 30.158 30.305 31.174
22 United Kingdom/pound2 1.8204 1.8434 2.0020 2.0184 2.0449 2.0701 2.0161 1.9702 1.9646
23 Venezuela/bolivar 2.11 2.14 2.14 2.14 2.14 2.14 2.14 2.14 2.14
  Indexes4
Nominal  
24 Broad (January 1997=100)5 110.71 108.52 103.40 101.93 99.80 98.37 99.27 98.48 97.67
25 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 83.71 82.46 77.84 75.91 73.93 72.20 73.69 73.06 72.57
26 Other important trading partners (January 1997=100)7 138.89 135.38 130.28 129.94 127.98 127.40 126.99 126.08 124.83
 
Real  
27 Broad (March 1973=100)5 97.60r 96.46r 91.92r 90.65r 88.47r 87.15r 87.70r 87.17r 85.91
28 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 90.62r 90.55r 86.41 84.50r 82.27r 80.48r 81.90r 81.47r 81.01
29 Other important trading partners (March 1973=100)7 116.02r 113.28r 107.81r 107.27r 104.95r 104.18r 103.57r 102.86r 100.40

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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