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Statistical Supplement | December 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, December 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 2008
May June July Aug Sept Oct
  Exchange rates
Country/Currency Unit  
1 Australia/dollar2 0.7627 0.7535 0.8391 0.9492 0.9511 0.9620 0.8815 0.8168 0.6870
2 Brazil/real 2.4352 2.1738 1.9461 1.6585 1.6179 1.5900 1.6127 1.8031 2.1810
3 Canada/dollar 1.2115 1.1340 1.0734 0.9993 1.0166 1.0130 1.0535 1.0582 1.1847
4 China, P.R./yuan 8.1936 7.9723 7.6058 6.9725 6.8993 6.8355 6.8462 6.8307 6.8358
5 Denmark/krone 5.9953 5.9422 5.4413 4.7963 4.7926 4.7335 4.9894 5.2020 5.6253
6 European Monetary Union/euro3 1.2449 1.2563 1.3711 1.5554 1.5562 1.5759 1.4955 1.4342 1.3266
7 Hong Kong/dollar 7.7775 7.7681 7.8016 7.7988 7.8073 7.8001 7.8076 7.7854 7.7588
8 India/rupee 44.00 45.19 41.18 42.00 42.76 42.70 42.91 45.53 48.62
9 Japan/yen 110.11 116.31 117.76 104.36 106.92 106.85 109.36 106.57 99.97
10 Malaysia/ringgit 3.7869 3.6661 3.4354 3.2127 3.2568 3.2476 3.3300 3.4405 3.5222
11 Mexico/peso 10.894 10.906 10.928 10.438 10.327 10.209 10.115 10.663 12.659
12 New Zealand/dollar2 0.7049 0.6492 0.7365 0.7777 0.7616 0.7546 0.7091 0.6739 0.6077
13 Norway/krone 6.4412 6.4095 5.8557 5.0571 5.1351 5.1058 5.3331 5.6958 6.4973
14 Singapore/dollar 1.6639 1.5882 1.5065 1.3659 1.3679 1.3591 1.4052 1.4297 1.4784
15 South Africa/rand 6.3606 6.7668 7.0477 7.6076 7.9367 7.6114 7.6651 8.0753 9.7800
16 South Korea/won 1,023.75 954.32 928.97 1,034.13 1,031.49 1,015.05 1,046.11 1,134.87 1,329.19
17 Sri Lanka/rupee 100.383 103.940 110.620 107.771 107.763 107.609 107.718 107.823 108.166
18 Sweden/krona 7.4710 7.3718 6.7550 5.9887 6.0249 6.0015 6.2845 6.6816 7.4435
19 Switzerland/franc 1.2459 1.2532 1.1999 1.0448 1.0371 1.0283 1.0841 1.1102 1.1429
20 Taiwan/dollar 32.131 32.507 32.855 30.589 30.371 30.414 31.221 31.992 32.703
21 Thailand/baht 40.252 37.876 32.203 32.026 33.175 33.471 33.820 34.238 34.421
22 United Kingdom/pound2 1.8204 1.8434 2.0020 1.9650 1.9664 1.9888 1.8865 1.7973 1.6862
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 95.83 96.09 95.40 97.93 100.30 106.95
25 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 83.71 82.46 77.84 70.75 71.42 70.91 74.09 75.51 80.42
26 Other important trading partners (January 1997=100)7 138.89 135.38 130.28 123.33 122.78 121.89 122.94 126.53 135.09
 
Real  
27 Broad (March 1973=100)5 97.98 96.87 92.28r 85.94r 86.55r 85.98r 87.88r 89.73r 94.57
28 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 90.63 90.55 86.40r 79.99r 81.06r 80.66r 83.87r 85.26r 90.07
29 Other important trading partners (March 1973=100)7 117.40 114.69 109.06 102.18 102.26 101.43 101.90r 104.51 109.87

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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