[Economic Report of the President (2006)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-110.--Foreign exchange rates, 1984-2005
[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)     (yen)    (krona)   (franc)    (pound)
-------------------------------------------\2\----------\1\---------\1\--------\1\--------\1\----------\1\----------------------------------------\2\---
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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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
2002......................    1.5704       .9454    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    125.22    9.7233    1.5567     1.5025
2003......................    1.4008      1.1321    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    115.94    8.0787    1.3450     1.6347
2004......................    1.3017      1.2438    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    108.15    7.3480    1.2428     1.8330
2005......................    1.2115      1.2449    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    110.11    7.4710    1.2459     1.8204

2004: I...................    1.3184      1.2499    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    107.24    7.3533    1.2552     1.8385
II..................    1.3590      1.2047    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    109.69    7.5968    1.2768     1.8063
III.................    1.3078      1.2227    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    109.94    7.4922    1.2569     1.8193
IV..................    1.2208      1.2991    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    105.67    6.9436    1.1818     1.8687

2005: I...................    1.2262      1.3112    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    104.54    6.9225    1.1817     1.8911
II..................    1.2438      1.2591    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    107.53    7.3190    1.2270     1.8560
III.................    1.2014      1.2196    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    111.24    7.6788    1.2742     1.7847
IV..................    1.1733      1.1890    ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ............    117.28    7.9699    1.3015     1.7486
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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)     1997=100)     1973=100)     1997=100)     1973=100)     1973=100)     1973=100)
---------------------\3\-----------\4\-----------\5\-----------\6\-----------\4\-----------\5\-----------\6\----

1984.......... --------138.2----------60.1---------128.7-----------9.8---------117.2---------118.2---------114.3
1985..........         143.0          67.2         133.6          13.1         122.0         122.0         122.1
1986..........         112.2          62.3         109.9          16.5         106.6          99.6         126.2
1987..........          96.9          60.4          97.2          19.9          97.9          89.0         123.6
1988..........          92.7          60.9          90.4          24.1          91.4          83.9         113.1
1989..........          98.6          66.9          94.2          29.6          93.0          88.2         107.7

1990..........          89.1          71.4          89.9          40.1          91.4          84.8         110.8
1991..........          89.8          74.3          88.5          46.7          90.0          83.1         110.3
1992..........          86.6          76.9          87.0          53.1          88.1          82.0         106.6
1993..........          93.2          83.8          89.9          63.4          89.5          85.2         104.0
1994..........          91.3          90.9          88.4          80.5          89.3          84.8         104.2
1995..........          84.2          92.7          83.5          92.5          86.9          81.0         104.2
1996..........          87.3          97.5          87.2          98.2          88.9          85.9         101.1
1997..........          96.4         104.4          93.9         104.6          93.7          93.2         102.2
1998..........          98.8         115.9          98.4         125.9         101.6          98.2         115.6
1999..........  ............         116.0          96.8         129.2         101.0          97.9         114.2

2000..........  ............         119.4         101.6         129.8         104.9         104.7         114.4
2001..........  ............         125.9         107.7         135.9         111.0         112.2         119.0
2002..........  ............         126.7         106.0         140.4         111.2         110.6         121.6
2003..........  ............         119.1          93.0         143.5         104.5          97.6         123.2
2004..........  ............         113.6          85.4         143.4          99.8          90.6         121.9
2005..........  ............         110.8          83.8         138.9          98.3          90.5         118.1

2004: I.......  ............         113.2          85.3         142.4          99.0          90.0         120.6
II......  ............         115.8          88.0         144.3         102.0          93.4         123.4
III.....  ............         114.8          86.4         144.6         101.1          92.0         123.1
IV......  ............         110.5          81.7         142.1          97.2          87.1         120.3

2005: I.......  ............         109.4          81.2         139.9          96.2          87.1         117.9
II......  ............         110.7          83.5         139.1          98.1          89.9         118.5
III.....  ............         111.1          84.6         138.3          99.2          91.8         118.4
IV......  ............         112.0          85.8         138.2          99.7          93.3         117.5
\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 consumer price indexes for United States and other countries.

Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.