Skip to ContentNote: The G.5 Report has been reposted to revise the values for the broad and major currency dollar indices for the month of October 2008. The value for the October broad index initially was reported as 106.9485, and the value for the October major currency index was reported as 80.4144. However, the correct values are 106.9513 and 80.4186 respectively. All other values have not changed since the initial posting.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN OCTOBER 2008 TOGETHER
WITH COMPARABLE FIGURES FOR OTHER MONTHS. 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)
| COUNTRY | MONETARY UNIT | October 2008 | September 2008 | August 2008 | October 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *AUSTRALIA | DOLLAR | 0.6870 | 0.8168 | 0.8815 | 0.8996 | |
| BRAZIL | REAL | 2.1810 | 1.8031 | 1.6127 | 1.7987 | |
| CANADA | DOLLAR | 1.1847 | 1.0582 | 1.0535 | 0.9754 | |
| CHINA, P.R. | YUAN | 6.8358 | 6.8307 | 6.8462 | 7.5019 | |
| DENMARK | KRONE | 5.6253 | 5.2020 | 4.9894 | 5.2363 | |
| *EMU MEMBERS | EURO | 1.3266 | 1.4342 | 1.4955 | 1.4233 | |
| HONG KONG | DOLLAR | 7.7588 | 7.7854 | 7.8076 | 7.7545 | |
| INDIA | RUPEE | 48.6155 | 45.5300 | 42.9057 | 39.3661 | |
| JAPAN | YEN | 99.9659 | 106.5748 | 109.3624 | 115.8661 | |
| MALAYSIA | RINGGIT | 3.5222 | 3.4405 | 3.3300 | 3.3735 | |
| MEXICO | PESO | 12.6593 | 10.6633 | 10.1154 | 10.8214 | |
| *NEW ZEALAND | DOLLAR | 0.6077 | 0.6739 | 0.7091 | 0.7603 | |
| NORWAY | KRONE | 6.4973 | 5.6958 | 5.3331 | 5.4023 | |
| SINGAPORE | DOLLAR | 1.4784 | 1.4297 | 1.4052 | 1.4650 | |
| SOUTH AFRICA | RAND | 9.7800 | 8.0753 | 7.6651 | 6.7574 | |
| SOUTH KOREA | WON | 1329.1877 | 1134.8667 | 1046.1143 | 914.9435 | |
| SRI LANKA | RUPEE | 108.1661 | 107.8233 | 107.7181 | 112.8583 | |
| SWEDEN | KRONA | 7.4435 | 6.6816 | 6.2845 | 6.4439 | |
| SWITZERLAND | FRANC | 1.1429 | 1.1102 | 1.0841 | 1.1741 | |
| TAIWAN | DOLLAR | 32.7025 | 31.9924 | 31.2205 | 32.5473 | |
| THAILAND | BAHT | 34.4209 | 34.2381 | 33.8195 | 31.5248 | |
| *UNITED KINGDOM | POUND | 1.6862 | 1.7973 | 1.8865 | 2.0449 | |
| VENEZUELA | BOLIVAR | 2.1446 | 2.1446 | 2.1446 | 2.1446 |
N = No data for this date
| UNITED STATES | DOLLAR | October 2008 | September 2008 | August 2008 | October 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1)BROAD | JAN97=100 | 106.9513 | 100.3027 | 97.9342 | 99.8044 | |
| 2)MAJOR CURRENCY | MAR73=100 | 80.4186 | 75.5106 | 74.0869 | 73.9310 | |
| 3)OITP | JAN97=100 | 135.0857 | 126.5348 | 122.9402 | 127.9799 |
This release is available online at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G5.
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 currencie
index and the other important trading partners (OITP) index are derived from the broad index
weights. The most recent annual revision to the trade weights and the dollar indexes took effect
with the January 2007 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.
* 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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The euro is reported in place of the individual eure-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
= 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
= 340.750 GREEK DRACHMAS
= 239.640 SLOVENIAN TOLAR
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