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Statistical Supplement | January 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, January 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 2003 2004 2005 2006
June July Aug Sept Oct Nov
  Exchange rates
Country/Currency Unit  
1 Australia/dollar2 0.6524 0.7365 0.7627 0.7399 0.7528 0.7631 0.7549 0.7544 0.7728
2 Brazil/real 3.0750 2.9262 2.4352 2.2493 2.1883 2.1553 2.1679 2.1458 2.1555
3 Canada/dollar 1.4008 1.3017 1.2115 1.1137 1.1294 1.1182 1.1161 1.1285 1.1359
4 China, P.R./yuan 8.2772 8.2768 8.1936 8.0042 7.9897 7.9722 7.9334 7.9018 7.8622
5 Denmark/krone 6.5774 5.9891 5.9953 5.8897 5.8826 5.8236 5.8633 5.9085 5.7858
6 European Monetary Union/euro3 1.1321 1.2438 1.2449 1.2661 1.2681 1.2810 1.2722 1.2617 1.2888
7 Hong Kong/dollar 7.7875 7.7891 7.7775 7.7636 7.7734 7.7762 7.7825 7.7849 7.7816
8 India/rupee 46.59 45.26 44.00 45.89 46.37 46.45 46.01 45.36 44.73
9 Japan/yen 115.94 108.15 110.11 114.63 115.77 115.92 117.21 118.61 117.32
10 Malaysia/ringgit 3.8000 3.8000 3.7869 3.6638 3.6679 3.6730 3.6699 3.6762 3.6413
11 Mexico/peso 10.793 11.290 10.894 11.393 10.983 10.874 10.989 10.885 10.913
12 New Zealand/dollar2 0.5822 0.6643 0.7049 0.6190 0.6178 0.6348 0.6551 0.6621 0.6693
13 Norway/krone 7.0803 6.7399 6.4412 6.2070 6.2617 6.2423 6.5008 6.6591 6.3991
14 Singapore/dollar 1.7429 1.6902 1.6639 1.5912 1.5837 1.5754 1.5803 1.5775 1.5558
15 South Africa/rand 7.5550 6.4402 6.3606 6.9738 7.0688 6.9503 7.4465 7.6300 7.2455
16 South Korea/won 1,192.08 1,145.24 1,023.75 954.45 950.81 960.95 952.29 952.64 935.41
17 Sri Lanka/rupee 96.541 101.268 100.383 103.525 103.957 103.669 102.595 105.718 107.720
18 Sweden/krona 8.0787 7.3480 7.4710 7.2949 7.2654 7.1890 7.2844 7.3338 7.0612
19 Switzerland/franc 1.3450 1.2428 1.2459 1.2321 1.2376 1.2318 1.2455 1.2602 1.2356
20 Taiwan/dollar 34.405 33.372 32.131 32.440 32.617 32.761 32.904 33.194 32.808
21 Thailand/baht 41.556 40.271 40.252 38.349 37.969 37.587 37.427 37.281 36.501
22 United Kingdom/pound2 1.6347 1.8330 1.8204 1.8435 1.8443 1.8941 1.8839 1.8765 1.9125
23 Venezuela/bolivar 1,613.43 1,886.13 2,107.13 2,144.60 2,144.57 2,144.60 2,144.60 2,144.60 2,144.60
  Indexes4
Nominal  
24 Broad (January 1997=100)5 119.11r 113.63r 110.71r 108.62r 108.37r 107.64r 107.92r 108.21r 107.34
25 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 92.99r 85.37r 83.71r 81.51r 81.94r 81.18r 81.59r 82.36r 81.48
26 Other important trading partners (January 1997=100)7 143.52r 143.38r 138.89r 137.35r 135.92r 135.39r 135.37r 134.79r 134.06
 
Real  
27 Broad (March 1973=100)5 104.15r 99.52r 97.88r 97.64r 97.57r 96.91r 96.55r 96.10r 94.83
28 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 98.11r 91.11r 90.91r 90.22r 90.90r 90.06r 90.23r 90.63r 89.38
29 Other important trading partners (March 1973=100)7 121.20r 119.86r 116.16r 116.51r 115.40r 114.93r 113.82r 112.18r 110.78

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. 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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