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Table B.—Indexes of Foreign Currency Price of the U.S. Dollar
[January 1999=100]
|
1998 |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 |
| IV |
I |
II |
III |
IV |
Dec. |
Jan. |
Feb. |
Mar. |
Apr. |
May |
June |
July |
Aug. |
Sept. |
Oct. |
Nov. |
Dec. |
| Nominal:/1/ |
 Broad/2/ |
100.3 |
101.4 |
102.1 |
101.7 |
100.7 |
99.8 |
100.0 |
101.5 |
102.7 |
102.1 |
101.9 |
102.4 |
102.4 |
101.6 |
101.1 |
100.6 |
100.8 |
100.8 |
| Major currencies/3/ |
101.3 |
101.7 |
104.1 |
103.0 |
101.0 |
101.0 |
100.0 |
101.5 |
103.6 |
103.8 |
103.8 |
104.7 |
104.9 |
102.8 |
101.3 |
100.2 |
101.2 |
101.6 |
| Other important trading partners/4/ |
99.0 |
100.9 |
99.7 |
100.1 |
100.4 |
98.4 |
100.0 |
101.4 |
101.4 |
100.0 |
99.5 |
99.6 |
99.4 |
100.1 |
100.8 |
101.2 |
100.3 |
99.8 |
| Real:/1/ |
| Broad/2/ |
100.5 |
101.2 |
102.3 |
102.1 |
101.0 |
99.8 |
100.0 |
101.1 |
102.5 |
102.4 |
102.0 |
102.6 |
102.9 |
102.0 |
101.4 |
100.9 |
101.1 |
101.0 |
| Major currencies/3/ |
100.7 |
101.8 |
104.3 |
103.7 |
102.0 |
100.5 |
100.0 |
101.6 |
103.7 |
104.1 |
104.0 |
104.9 |
105.5 |
103.4 |
102.1 |
101.1 |
102.3 |
102.5 |
| Other important trading partners/4/ |
100.1 |
100.5 |
99.9 |
100.3 |
99.7 |
98.9 |
100.0 |
100.5 |
101.0 |
100.3 |
99.6 |
99.7 |
99.7 |
100.4 |
100.7 |
100.7 |
99.5 |
99.0 |
| Selected currencies: (nominal)/5/ |
| Canada |
101.6 |
99.5 |
96.9 |
97.8 |
96.9 |
101.6 |
100.0 |
98.6 |
99.9 |
97.9 |
96.2 |
96.7 |
98.0 |
98.3 |
97.2 |
97.2 |
96.6 |
96.9 |
| European currencies: |
| Germany |
98.6 |
103.3 |
109.7 |
110.5 |
111.7 |
99.0 |
100.0 |
103.5 |
106.5 |
108.3 |
109.0 |
111.7 |
111.8 |
109.3 |
110.4 |
108.3 |
112.2 |
114.6 |
| France |
98.6 |
103.3 |
109.7 |
110.5 |
111.7 |
98.9 |
100.0 |
103.5 |
106.5 |
108.3 |
109.0 |
111.7 |
111.8 |
109.3 |
110.4 |
108.3 |
112.2 |
114.6 |
| Italy |
98.6 |
103.3 |
109.7 |
110.5 |
111.7 |
99.0 |
100.0 |
103.5 |
106.5 |
108.3 |
109.0 |
111.7 |
111.8 |
109.3 |
110.4 |
108.3 |
112.2 |
114.6 |
| Euro area/6/ |
n.a. |
103.3 |
109.7 |
110.5 |
111.7 |
n.a. |
100.0 |
103.5 |
106.5 |
108.3 |
109.0 |
111.7 |
111.8 |
109.3 |
110.4 |
108.3 |
112.2 |
114.6 |
| United Kingdom |
98.5 |
101.1 |
102.7 |
103.0 |
101.2 |
98.7 |
100.0 |
101.4 |
101.8 |
102.5 |
102.1 |
103.4 |
104.7 |
102.7 |
101.5 |
99.6 |
101.8 |
102.3 |
| Switzerland |
98.2 |
102.9 |
109.3 |
110.2 |
111.3 |
98.2 |
100.0 |
103.0 |
105.8 |
108.0 |
108.8 |
111.0 |
111.7 |
108.9 |
110.1 |
107.5 |
112.1 |
114.3 |
| Japan |
105.5 |
102.8 |
106.7 |
99.8 |
92.1 |
103.3 |
100.0 |
103.0 |
105.5 |
105.7 |
107.7 |
106.6 |
105.3 |
99.9 |
94.3 |
93.5 |
92.4 |
90.5 |
| Mexico |
98.8 |
98.3 |
93.3 |
92.5 |
93.5 |
97.8 |
100.0 |
98.8 |
96.1 |
93.1 |
92.8 |
93.9 |
92.5 |
92.8 |
92.2 |
94.5 |
93.0 |
93.1 |
| Brazil |
79.1 |
117.8 |
113.7 |
123.2 |
126.6 |
79.7 |
100.0 |
127.4 |
126.0 |
112.6 |
111.5 |
116.9 |
119.2 |
124.7 |
125.6 |
130.2 |
127.7 |
122.0 |
- For more information on the nominal and real indexes of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar, see Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 84 (October 1998): 811–18.
- Weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against the currencies of a broad group of U.S. trading partners, including the currencies of the euro-area countries, Australia, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Russia. Data: Federal Reserve Board. Monthly and quarterly average rates. Index rebased by BEA.
- Weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against broad-index currencies that circulate widely outside the country of issue, including the currencies of euro-area countries, Australia, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The weight for each currency is its broad-index weight divided by the sum of the broad-index weights for all of the currencies included in the major currency index. Data: Federal Reserve Board. Monthly and quarterly average rates. Index rebased by BEA.
- Weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against broad-index currencies that do not circulate widely outside the country of issue, including the currencies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Russia. The weight for each currency is its broad-index weight divided by the sum of the broad-index weights for all of the currencies included in the other important trading partners index. Data: Federal Reserve Board. Monthly and quarterly average rates. Index rebased by BEA.
- Data: Federal Reserve Board. Monthly and quarterly average rates. Indexes prepared by BEA.
- The euro area includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. Exchange rates (but not index values with January 1999=100) for the individual euro-area currencies can be derived from the euro exchange rate by using the fixed conversion rates (in currencies per euro) as shown below: 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 lira;40.3399 Luxembourg francs; 2.20371 Netherlands guilders; 200.482 Portuguese escudos; 166.386 Spanish pesetas.
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