[Economic Report of the President (2002)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-110.--Foreign exchange rates, 1981-2001
[Foreign currency units per U.S. dollar, except as noted; certified noon buying rates in New York]
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Nether-                        Switzer-    United
Period             Canada    EMU Members    Belgium     France     Germany     Italy        lands       Japan    Sweden      land     Kingdom
(dollar)   (euro) \1\     (franc)     (franc)     (mark)     (lira)   (guilder)\1\    (yen)    (krona)   (franc)  (pound)\2\
-------------------------------------------\2\----------\1\---------\1\--------\1\--------\1\-----------------------------------------------------------
March 1973................    0.9967  ............     39.408      4.5156      2.8132     568.17      2.8714      261.90    4.4294    3.2171     2.4724
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1981......................    1.1990  ............     37.195      5.4397      2.2632    1138.58      2.4999      220.63    5.0660    1.9675     2.0243
1982......................    1.2344  ............     45.781      6.5794      2.4281    1354.00      2.6719      249.06    6.2839    2.0319     1.7480
1983......................    1.2325  ............     51.122      7.6204      2.5539    1519.32      2.8544      237.55    7.6718    2.1007     1.5159
1984......................    1.2952  ............     57.752      8.7356      2.8455    1756.11      3.2085      237.46    8.2708    2.3500     1.3368
1985......................    1.3659  ............     59.337      8.9800      2.9420    1908.88      3.3185      238.47    8.6032    2.4552     1.2974
1986......................    1.3896  ............     44.664      6.9257      2.1705    1491.16      2.4485      168.35    7.1273    1.7979     1.4677
1987......................    1.3259  ............     37.358      6.0122      1.7981    1297.03      2.0264      144.60    6.3469    1.4918     1.6398
1988......................    1.2306  ............     36.785      5.9595      1.7570    1302.39      1.9778      128.17    6.1370    1.4643     1.7813
1989......................    1.1842  ............     39.409      6.3802      1.8808    1372.28      2.1219      138.07    6.4559    1.6369     1.6382

1990......................    1.1668  ............     33.424      5.4467      1.6166    1198.27      1.8215      145.00    5.9231    1.3901     1.7841
1991......................    1.1460  ............     34.195      5.6468      1.6610    1241.28      1.8720      134.59    6.0521    1.4356     1.7674
1992......................    1.2085  ............     32.148      5.2935      1.5618    1232.17      1.7587      126.78    5.8258    1.4064     1.7663
1993......................    1.2902  ............     34.581      5.6669      1.6545    1573.41      1.8585      111.08    7.7956    1.4781     1.5016
1994......................    1.3664  ............     33.426      5.5459      1.6216    1611.49      1.8190      102.18    7.7161    1.3667     1.5319
1995......................    1.3725  ............     29.472      4.9864      1.4321    1629.45      1.6044       93.96    7.1406    1.1812     1.5785
1996......................    1.3638  ............     30.970      5.1158      1.5049    1542.76      1.6863      108.78    6.7082    1.2361     1.5607
1997......................    1.3849  ............     35.807      5.8393      1.7348    1703.81      1.9525      121.06    7.6446    1.4514     1.6376
1998......................    1.4836  ............     36.310      5.8995      1.7597    1736.85      1.9837      130.99    7.9522    1.4506     1.6573
1999......................    1.4858      1.0653    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    113.73    8.2740    1.5045     1.6172

2000......................    1.4855       .9232    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    107.80    9.1735    1.6904     1.5156
2001......................    1.5487       .8952    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    121.57   10.3425    1.6891     1.4396

2000: I...................    1.4539       .9859    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    106.96    8.6163    1.6312     1.6055
II..................    1.4809       .9334    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    106.72    8.8663    1.6759     1.5320
III.................    1.4824       .9042    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    107.73    9.3073    1.7088     1.4773
IV..................    1.5257       .8682    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    109.85    9.9208    1.7469     1.4462

2001: I...................    1.5285       .9220    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    118.25    9.7698    1.6636     1.4581
II..................    1.5411       .8736    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    122.62   10.4477    1.7505     1.4212
III.................    1.5449       .8908    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    121.63   10.5655    1.6930     1.4373
IV..................    1.5806       .8951    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    123.74   10.5838    1.6473     1.4426
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Trade-weighted value of the U.S. dollar
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Nominal                                         Real \7\
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Major                                     Major
G-10 index    Broad index   currencies    OITP index    Broad index   currencies    OITP index
(March       (January    index (March    (January       (March     index (March     (March
1973=100)\3\  1997=100)\4\  1973=100)\5\  1997=100)\6\  1973=100)\4\  1973=100)\5\  1973=100)\6\
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1981.......... --------103.4----------38.1---------103.6-----------4.1----------96.6---------100.4----------88.7
1982..........         116.6          44.2         114.2           5.3         106.0         109.0          99.3
1983..........         125.3          49.9         118.1           7.1         110.1         110.5         108.4
1984..........         138.2          57.0         125.8           9.4         117.1         117.7         114.9
1985..........         143.0          64.1         130.5          12.8         122.2         121.7         122.8
1986..........         112.2          59.9         107.2          16.0         107.0          99.1         126.8
1987..........          96.9          58.3          94.8          19.3          98.4          88.7         124.1
1988..........          92.7          59.0          88.2          23.4          91.8          83.5         113.7
1989..........          98.6          65.1          91.9          29.0          93.3          87.7         108.4

1990..........          89.1          70.2          87.9          39.5          90.8          84.7         107.3
1991..........          89.8          73.3          86.4          46.1          89.3          83.0         106.4
1992..........          86.6          76.1          84.9          52.6          87.4          81.8         102.9
1993..........          93.2          82.9          87.1          63.1          88.2          84.4         100.2
1994..........          91.3          90.4          85.6          80.6          87.9          84.0         100.0
1995..........          84.2          92.5          80.8          92.6          85.5          80.2          99.7
1996..........          87.3          97.4          84.6          98.3          87.4          85.3          96.7
1997..........          96.4         104.4          91.2         104.7          92.1          92.6          97.8
1998..........          98.8         116.5          95.8         126.0         100.1          97.7         110.6
1999..........  ............         116.9          94.1         129.9          99.4          97.1         109.6

2000..........  ............         119.7          98.3         130.3         102.9         103.2         109.9
2001..........  ............         126.1         104.3         136.3         108.9         110.8         114.3

2000: I.......  ............         116.8          94.7         128.8          99.7          98.9         107.9
II......  ............         118.7          97.4         129.6         102.3         102.1         110.0
III.....  ............         120.0          99.1         130.0         103.5         104.2         110.2
IV......  ............         123.2         102.2         132.9         105.9         107.6         111.4

2001: I.......  ............         124.0         102.0         135.1         107.1         108.2         113.3
II......  ............         126.7         105.4         136.1         109.6         111.8         114.8
III.....  ............         126.4         104.5         136.9         109.3         110.9         115.2
IV......  ............         127.2         105.4         137.3         109.6         112.3         114.1
\1\ European Economic and Monetary Union members include Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland,
Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and beginning in 2001, Greece.
\2\ U.S. dollars per foreign currency unit.
\3\ G-10 comprises the individual countries shown in this table. Discontinued after December 1998.
\4\ Weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the dollar against the currencies of a broad group of U.S.
trading partners.
\5\ Subset of the broad index. Includes currencies of the euro area, Australia, Canada, Japan, Sweden,
Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
\6\ Subset of the broad index. Includes other important U.S. trading partners (OITP) whose currencies are not
heavily traded outside their home markets.
\7\ Adjusted for changes in the consumer price index.

Note.--Nominal and real indexes reflect updated currency weights available in early January 2002.

Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.