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Release Date: January 03, 2006
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               G.5A(405)                                                       January 3, 2006
 

 

 

 

 

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN 2005 TOGETHER
WITH COMPARABLE FIGURES FOR OTHER YEARS. AVERAGES ARE BASED ON DAILY NOON BUYING
RATES FOR CABLE TRANSFERS IN NEW YORK CITY CERTIFIED FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES BY
THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK.
 

 

(Currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)
 

 

 
COUNTRYMONETARY
UNIT
200520042003 2002
*AUSTRALIA     DOLLAR     0.7627    0.7365    0.6524    0.5437 
 BRAZIL        REAL       2.4352    2.9262    3.0750    2.9213 
 CANADA        DOLLAR     1.2115    1.3017    1.4008    1.5704 
 CHINA,P.R.    YUAN       8.1936    8.2768    8.2772    8.2771 
 DENMARK       KRONE      5.9953    5.9891    6.5774    7.8862 
*EMU MEMBERS   EURO       1.2449    1.2438    1.1321    0.9454 
 HONG KONG     DOLLAR     7.7775    7.7891    7.7875    7.7996 
 INDIA         RUPEE     44.00     45.26     46.59     48.63   
 JAPAN         YEN      110.11    108.15    115.94    125.22   
 MALAYSIA      RINGGIT    3.7869    3.8000    3.8000    3.8000 
 MEXICO        PESO      10.894    11.290    10.793     9.663  
*NEW ZEALAND   DOLLAR     0.7049    0.6643    0.5822    0.4645 
 NORWAY        KRONE      6.4412    6.7399    7.0803    7.9839 
 SINGAPORE     DOLLAR     1.6639    1.6902    1.7429    1.7908 
 SOUTH AFRICA  RAND       6.3606    6.4402    7.5550   10.5176 
 SOUTH KOREA   WON     1023.75   1145.24   1192.08   1250.31   
 SRI LANKA     RUPEE    100.383   101.268    96.541    95.773  
 SWEDEN        KRONA      7.4710    7.3480    8.0787    9.7233 
 SWITZERLAND   FRANC      1.2459    1.2428    1.3450    1.5567 
 TAIWAN        DOLLAR    32.131    33.372    34.405    34.536  
 THAILAND      BAHT      40.252    40.271    41.556    43.019  
*UNITED KINGDOMPOUND      1.8204    1.8330    1.6347    1.5025 
 VENEZUELA     BOLIVAR 2107.13   1886.13   1613.43   1161.19   
      
MEMO:        
UNITED STATES DOLLAR    
1)BROAD           JAN97=100 110.81   113.59   119.09   126.66  
2)MAJOR CURRENCY  MAR73=100  83.78    85.37    93.00   105.99  
3)OITP            JAN97=100 138.90   143.39   143.54   140.36  
      
               This release is available online at http://www.federalreserve.gov/release/.
 

For more information on exchange rate indexes for the U.S. dollar, see "New Summary Measures
of the Foreign Exchange Value of the Dollar," Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 84 (October 1998),
pp. 811-18 (http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/) and "Index of the Weighted-Average
Exchange Value of the U.S. Dollar: Revision," Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 64 (August 1978),
p. 700. Weights for 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 source for exchange rates not listed
in the table above but used in the calculation of the broad and OITP indexes is Bloomberg.
 

* 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.
 

 

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As of the January 3, 2000 release, the euro is reported in place of the individual euro-area
currencies. These currency rates can be derived from the euro rate by using the fixed
conversion rates (in currencies per euro) given below:
 

1 EUR = 13.7603 AUSTRIAN SCHILLINGS
= 40.3399 BELGIAN FRANCS
= 5.94573 FINNISH MARKKAS
= 6.55957 FRENCH FRANCS
= 1.95583 GERMAN MARKS
= .787564 IRISH POUNDS
= 1936.27 ITALIAN LIRE
= 40.3399 LUXEMBOURG FRANCS
= 2.20371 NETHERLANDS GUILDERS
= 200.482 PORTUGUESE ESCUDOS
= 166.386 SPANISH PESETAS
 


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