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Statistical Supplement | May 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, May 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 2004 2005 2006 2006 2007
Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
  Exchange rates
Country/Currency Unit  
1 Australia/dollar2 0.7365 0.7627 0.7535 0.7544 0.7728 0.7858 0.7826 0.7830 0.7932
2 Brazil/real 2.9262 2.4352 2.1738 2.1458 2.1555 2.1476 2.1376 2.0939 2.0883
3 Canada/dollar 1.3017 1.2115 1.1340 1.1285 1.1359 1.1532 1.1763 1.1710 1.1682
4 China, P.R./yuan 8.2768 8.1936 7.9723 7.9018 7.8622 7.8219 7.7876 7.7502 7.7369
5 Denmark/krone 5.9891 5.9953 5.9422 5.9085 5.7858 5.6452 5.7364 5.6981 5.6232
6 European Monetary Union/euro3 1.2438 1.2449 1.2563 1.2617 1.2888 1.3205 1.2993 1.3080 1.3246
7 Hong Kong/dollar 7.7891 7.7775 7.7681 7.7849 7.7816 7.7733 7.8000 7.8114 7.8132
8 India/rupee 45.26 44.00 45.19 45.36 44.73 44.48 44.21 44.02 43.79
9 Japan/yen 108.15 110.11 116.31 118.61 117.32 117.32 120.45 120.50 117.26
10 Malaysia/ringgit 3.8000 3.7869 3.6661 3.6762 3.6413 3.5477 3.5065 3.4949 3.4894
11 Mexico/peso 11.290 10.894 10.906 10.885 10.913 10.855 10.956 10.995 11.114
12 New Zealand/dollar2 0.6643 0.7049 0.6492 0.6621 0.6693 0.6933 0.6947 0.6934 0.6995
13 Norway/krone 6.7399 6.4412 6.4095 6.6591 6.3991 6.1826 6.3656 6.1860 6.1401
14 Singapore/dollar 1.6902 1.6639 1.5882 1.5775 1.5558 1.5401 1.5373 1.5333 1.5242
15 South Africa/rand 6.4402 6.3606 6.7668 7.6300 7.2455 7.0345 7.1898 7.1755 7.3525
16 South Korea/won 1,145.24 1,023.75 954.32 952.64 935.41 924.98 936.76 936.90 942.88
17 Sri Lanka/rupee 101.268 100.383 103.940 105.718 107.720 107.791 108.522 108.684 109.294
18 Sweden/krona 7.3480 7.4710 7.3718 7.3338 7.0612 6.8398 6.9901 7.0200 7.0171
19 Switzerland/franc 1.2428 1.2459 1.2532 1.2602 1.2356 1.2099 1.2431 1.2393 1.2178
20 Taiwan/dollar 33.372 32.131 32.507 33.194 32.808 32.512 32.770 32.968 33.010
21 Thailand/baht 40.271 40.252 37.876 37.281 36.501 35.694 35.189 33.888 32.642
22 United Kingdom/pound2 1.8330 1.8204 1.8434 1.8765 1.9125 1.9629 1.9587 1.9589 1.9474
23 Venezuela/bolivar 1,886.13 2,107.13 2,144.60 2,144.60 2,144.60 2,144.60 2,144.60 2,144.60 2,144.60
  Indexes4
Nominal  
24 Broad (January 1997=100)5 113.63 110.71 108.52 108.21 107.34 106.53 107.59 107.23 106.67
25 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 85.37 83.71 82.46 82.36 81.48 80.89 82.37 82.07 81.23
26 Other important trading partners (January 1997=100)7 143.38 138.89 135.38 134.79 134.06 133.03 133.18 132.77 132.80
 
Real  
27 Broad (March 1973=100)5 99.54 97.89r 96.74r 96.11r 94.82r 94.01r 95.12r 94.72r 95.03
28 Major currencies (March 1973=100)6 91.09r 90.89r 90.82r 90.62r 89.34r 88.65r 90.46r 90.41r 90.09
29 Other important trading partners (March 1973=100)7 119.97 116.27r 113.53r 112.26 110.86 109.81r 110.08r 109.21r 110.35

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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