Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Foreign Exchange Rates - H.10

Current Release

Release Date: August 20, 2012

Foreign Exchange Rates -- H.10 Weekly

(Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)
COUNTRY CURRENCY Aug. 13 Aug. 14 Aug. 15 Aug. 16 Aug. 17
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 1.0507 1.0506 1.0509 1.0505 1.0427
BRAZIL REAL 2.0279 2.0256 2.0230 2.0203 2.0176
CANADA DOLLAR 0.9933 0.9914 0.9890 0.9881 0.9883
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.3611 6.3586 6.3619 6.3659 6.3580
DENMARK KRONE 6.0313 6.0367 6.0563 6.0241 6.0469
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2339 1.2329 1.2288 1.2356 1.2315
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7569 7.7570 7.7574 7.7570 7.7571
INDIA RUPEE 55.3400 55.6600 55.6600 55.6200 55.6200
JAPAN YEN 78.3400 78.8200 78.8900 79.2500 79.5000
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.1150 3.1135 3.1220 3.1310 3.1300
MEXICO PESO 13.1620 13.1421 13.1501 13.1272 13.1582
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.8082 0.8073 0.8073 0.8098 0.8080
NORWAY KRONE 5.9332 5.9210 5.9488 5.9452 5.9349
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.2458 1.2469 1.2496 1.2495 1.2536
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.1461 8.1671 8.2130 8.2110 8.3201
SOUTH KOREA WON 1128.7300 1130.2400 1130.0800 1133.1900 1134.7200
SRI LANKA RUPEE 131.8000 131.8000 131.9000 131.8000 132.2500
SWEDEN KRONA 6.6952 6.6906 6.6895 6.6941 6.6915
SWITZERLAND FRANC 0.9733 0.9742 0.9774 0.9719 0.9752
TAIWAN DOLLAR 29.9700 29.9500 29.9800 29.9700 29.9900
THAILAND BAHT 31.4300 31.4000 31.4900 31.4500 31.4700
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5690 1.5692 1.5686 1.5738 1.5697
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893
Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR  
1) BROAD JAN97=100 100.8344 100.8570 100.9376 100.8470 100.9789
2) MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 74.3567 74.4168 74.4762 74.3316 74.5079
3) OITP JAN97=100 129.3995 129.3672 129.4708 129.4642 129.5222
ND = No data for this date.

For more information on exchange rate indexes for the U.S. dollar, see "Indexes of the Foreign Exchange Value of the Dollar," Federal Reserve Bulletin, 91:1 (Winter 2005), pp. 1-8 (http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/2005/winter05_index.pdf). Weights for the broad index can be found at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H10/Weights; weights for the major currencies index and the other important trading partners (OITP) index are derived from the broad index weights. The most recent annual revision of the currency weights and dollar indexes took effect with the May 2010 release of this report. The source for exchange rates not listed in the table above but used in the calculation of the broad and OITP indexes is Bloomberg L.P.

* U.S. dollars per currency unit.

1) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against the currencies of a broad group of major U.S. trading partners.
2) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against a subset of the broad index currencies that circulate widely outside the country of issue.
3) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against a subset of the broad index currencies that do not circulate widely outside the country of issue.

The euro is reported in place of the individual euro-area currencies. These currency rates can be derived from the dollar/euro rate by using the fixed conversion rates (in currencies per euro) given below:

1 EURO

  • = 13.7603 AUSTRIAN SCHILLINGS
  • = 40.3399 BELGIAN FRANCS
  • = .585274 CYPRUS POUND
  • = 15.6466 ESTONIAN KROON
  • = 5.94573 FINNISH MARKKAS
  • = 6.55957 FRENCH FRANCS
  • = 1.95583 GERMAN MARKS
  • = 340.750 GREEK DRACHMAS
  • = .787564 IRISH POUNDS
  • = 1936.27 ITALIAN LIRE
  • = 40.3399 LUXEMBOURG FRANCS
  • = .429300 MALTESE LIRA
  • = 2.20371 NETHERLANDS GUILDERS
  • = 200.482 PORTUGUESE ESCUDOS
  • = 166.386 SPANISH PESETAS
  • = 30.1260 SLOVAKIAN KORUNA
  • = 239.640 SLOVENIAN TOLAR
Last update: August 20, 2012