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Data Chapters4 Foreign Exchange Rate

Data Chapters4 Foreign Exchange Rate

4 Foreign Exchange Rate

1 Value of Yen after Introduction of

Floating Exchange Rate System
1 per U.S.$

Year & Month
1973
74
75
76
77
78
79
1980
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
1990
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
2000
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
2010
2011
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Highest
264.41
277.78
288.03
287.66
241.30
183.95
197.72
209.12
202.00
224.59
232.94
224.95
202.83
154.00
128.35
123.19
127.23
129.08
128.06
121.04
103.71
97.96
83.67
105.73
114.20
117.54
102.68
105.16
116.04
118.07
107.70
103.84
103.21
111.51
111.21
91.28
89.19
81.87
76.77
81.61
81.35
77.15
81.27
80.15
79.75
77.45
76.30
76.11
75.52
76.68
77.48

Lowest
280.00
302.22
305.70
304.66
291.08
241.14
244.88
251.67
233.70
271.39
244.33
247.93
260.23
200.06
154.48
134.44
145.05
158.47
139.79
133.57
125.02
111.51
101.92
113.81
129.47
144.67
122.11
112.21
127.36
133.52
119.79
112.35
118.64
118.66
122.62
109.28
99.00
93.38
83.35
83.56
83.83
83.30
85.53
82.17
81.50
81.37
79.94
77.72
79.55
79.10
78.18

Average
267.94
292.08
296.79
296.55
268.51
210.44
219.14
226.74
220.54
249.07
237.51
237.52
238.54
168.51
144.62
128.15
137.96
144.80
134.54
126.65
111.18
102.23
94.06
108.79
121.00
130.90
113.91
107.77
121.53
125.14
115.94
108.17
110.16
116.31
117.76
103.37
93.54
87.78
79.81
82.63
82.53
81.79
83.35
81.23
80.51
79.47
77.22
76.84
76.77
77.54
77.85

Change from a year earlier

8.3%
1.6%
0.1%
10.4%
27.6%
4.0%
3.3%
2.8%
11.5%
4.9%
0.0%
0.4%
41.6%
16.5%
12.9%
7.1%
4.7%
7.6%
6.2%
13.9%
8.8%
8.7%
13.5%
10.1%
7.6%
14.9%
5.7%
11.3%
2.9%
7.9%
7.2%
1.8%
5.3%
1.2%
13.9%
10.5%
6.6%
10.0%
10.3%
9.4%
10.7%
12.0%
12.9%
12.9%
10.4%
10.7%
9.8%
6.6%
6.4%
7.1%

Note: 1.
Tokyo interbank offered central spot-deal rates.
2. IMF
Changes from a year earlier are calculated in an IMF method.
3.
Numbers in circles represent months.
4.
The highest and lowest months of each year are based upon monthly averages.
Source: Compiled from Bank of Japan's (BOJ) Report on Foreign Exchange Markets

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2 2011
Foreign Exchange Rate in Tokyo interbank 2011

82.28

14

77.74

12 30

76.00

10 28

85.53

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Tokyo interbank offered central spot-deal rates.
Source Compiled from Bank of Japan's (BOJ) Statistics

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Value of Major Currencies against U.S. Dollar

1997. 7. 2
2011.10.28 =76.00

1999.1.1

2001.1.1 12
2007.1.1 13
2008.1.1 15
2009.1.1 16
2011.1.1 17

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Source:

1.
Yen rates are monthly averages of Tokyo interbank offered central spot rates.
2.
Euro rates are monthly averages of telegraphic transfer selling (TTS) rates quoted at noon at the New
York foreign exchange market.
Compiled from BOJ's Report on Foreign Exchange Markets and the Federal Reserve Board's (FRB)
statistics

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