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Statistical Supplement | March 2005

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, March 2005

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 2002 2003 2004 2004 2005
Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan
  Exchange rates
Country/Currency Unit  
1 Australia/dollar2 54.37 65.24 73.65 71.11 70.28 73.37 77.04 76.75 76.68
2 Brazil/real 2.9213 3.0750 2.9262 3.0018 2.8914 2.8520 2.7877 2.7150 2.6895
3 Canada/dollar 1.5704 1.4008 1.3017 1.3127 1.2881 1.2469 1.1968 1.2189 1.2248
4 China, P.R./yuan 8.2771 8.2772 8.2768 8.2768 8.2767 8.2765 8.2765 8.2765 8.2765
5 Denmark/krone 7.8862 6.5774 5.9891 6.1007 6.0866 5.9486 5.7178 5.5449 5.6699
6 European Monetary Union/euro3 0.9454 1.1321 1.2438 1.2191 1.2224 1.2507 1.2997 1.3406 1.3123
7 Hong Kong/dollar 7.7996 7.7875 7.7891 7.7997 7.7995 7.7889 7.7755 7.7760 7.7948
8 India/rupee 48.63 46.59 45.26 46.32 46.05 45.74 45.03 43.85 43.62
9 Japan/yen 125.22 115.94 108.15 110.23 110.09 108.78 104.70 103.81 103.34
10 Malaysia/ringgit 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
11 Mexico/peso 9.663 10.793 11.290 11.395 11.487 11.404 11.371 11.201 11.263
12 New Zealand/dollar2 46.45 58.22 66.43 65.61 65.94 68.46 70.09 71.49 70.65
13 Norway/krone 7.9839 7.0803 6.7399 6.8369 6.8416 6.5809 6.2700 6.1355 6.2672
14 Singapore/dollar 1.7908 1.7429 1.6902 1.7145 1.6948 1.6767 1.6505 1.6402 1.6377
15 South Africa/rand 10.5176 7.5550 6.4402 6.4667 6.5349 6.3815 6.0305 5.7235 5.9587
16 South Korea/won 1,250.31 1,192.08 1,145.24 1,158.03 1,148.72 1,141.57 1,086.44 1,050.37 1,037.98
17 Sri Lanka/rupee 95.773 96.541 101.268 103.436 103.326 103.885 104.632 104.748 98.929
18 Sweden/krona 9.7233 8.0787 7.3480 7.5362 7.4356 7.2453 6.9257 6.6969 6.8991
19 Switzerland/franc 1.5567 1.3450 1.2428 1.2623 1.2629 1.2330 1.1711 1.1465 1.1792
20 Taiwan/dollar 34.536 34.405 33.372 34.023 33.893 33.775 32.777 32.170 31.847
21 Thailand/baht 43.019 41.556 40.271 41.521 41.474 41.294 40.282 39.184 38.739
22 United Kingdom/pound2 150.25 163.47 183.30 182.03 179.37 180.77 186.07 192.86 187.97
23 Venezuela/bolivar 1,161.19 1,613.43 1,886.13 1,920.00 1,920.00 1,918.08 1,915.20 1,915.20 1,915.20
  Indexes4
Nominal  
24 Broad (January 1997=100)5 126.66 119.08 113.55 115.00 114.54 112.90 109.97 108.72 109.35
25 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 105.98 93.00 85.36 86.66 86.19 84.25 81.03 80.11 81.06
26 Other important trading partners (January 1997=100)7 140.32 143.49 143.31 144.67 144.36 143.74 142.18 140.57 140.36
 
Real  
27 Broad (March 1973=100)5 111.25r 104.51r 99.88r 101.34r 100.88r 99.55r 96.77r 95.34r 96.18
28 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 110.61 97.60 90.64 92.23r 91.81 89.90r 86.42r 85.11r 86.61
29 Other important trading partners (March 1973=100)7 121.44r 123.10r 121.81r 123.14r 122.57r 122.10r 120.31r 118.60r 118.39

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. cents 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. The bilateral currency rates can be derived from the euro rate by using the fixed conversion rates (in currencies per euro) as shown below:

Euro equals
13.7603  Austrian schillings
40.3399  Belgian francs
5.94573  Finnish markkas
6.55957  French francs
1.95583  German marks
.787564  Irish pounds
1,936.27 Italian lire
40.3399  Luxembourg francs
2.20371  Netherlands guilders
200.482  Portuguese escudos
166.386  Spanish pesetas

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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. 84 (October 1998), pp. 811-818.   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 Reuters Limited.   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 Reuters Limited.   Return to table

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