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Table 11. Exchange rates, 14 countries or areas, 1950-2002 (Value of foreign currency relative to U.S. dollar)

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Table 11.  Exchange rates, 14 countries or areas, 1950-2002 (Value of foreign currency relative to U.S. dollar)
(Indexes:  1992=100)

         United                                                                          Former West       Nether-                    United
 Year    States  Canada   Japan    Korea    Taiwan   Belgium  Denmark  France   Germany**Germany**Italy    lands    Norway   Sweden   Kingdom

  1950   100.0   110.5     35.2      NA       NA       NA      87.5    151.3      NA      37.2    197.3     46.2     87.1    112.6    158.6

  1955   100.0   122.5     35.2      NA       NA       NA      87.4    151.2      NA      37.1    197.1     46.1     87.0    112.6    158.0

  1960   100.0   124.6     35.2      NA       NA      64.5     87.6    107.9      NA      37.4    198.4     46.6     87.1    112.7    159.0
  1961   100.0   119.4     35.1      NA       NA      64.5     87.4    107.9      NA      38.9    198.4     48.5     87.0    112.7    158.6
  1962   100.0   113.1     35.1      NA       NA      64.6     87.5    108.0      NA      39.1    198.5     48.8     87.1    113.0    159.0
  1963   100.0   112.0     35.1      NA       NA      64.5     87.4    108.0      NA      39.2    198.2     48.8     86.9    112.3    158.5
  1964   100.0   112.0     35.0      NA       NA      64.6     87.3    108.0      NA      39.3    197.3     48.8     86.8    113.1    158.1
  1965   100.0   112.1     35.1      NA       NA      64.8     87.3    108.0      NA      39.1    197.2     48.8     86.9    112.9    158.3
  1966   100.0   112.2     35.0      NA       NA      64.5     87.4    107.7      NA      39.1    197.3     48.6     86.9    112.8    158.1
  1967   100.0   112.0     35.0      NA       NA      64.7     86.5    107.6      NA      39.2    197.4     48.8     86.9    112.9    155.7
  1968   100.0   112.2     35.2      NA       NA      64.4     80.7    106.9      NA      39.1    197.7     48.6     87.0    112.7    135.5
  1969   100.0   112.2     35.4      NA       NA      64.1     80.3    102.2      NA      39.8    196.4     48.5     87.0    112.7    135.3

  1970   100.0   115.8     35.4    252.7     62.9     64.7     80.5     95.7      NA      42.8    196.5     48.6     86.9    112.3    135.6
  1971   100.0   119.7     36.5    226.0     62.9     66.2     81.6     96.1      NA      44.9    199.3     50.4     88.3    114.1    138.4
  1972   100.0   122.0     41.8    199.7     62.9     73.0     86.8    104.9      NA      49.0    211.1     54.8     94.3    122.5    141.6
  1973   100.0   120.8     46.8    197.0     65.8     82.8    100.2    119.3      NA      59.0    211.8     63.3    108.2    133.8    138.8
  1974   100.0   123.6     43.5    194.0     66.2     82.7     99.3    110.1      NA      60.5    189.4     65.5    112.6    131.4    132.5
  1975   100.0   118.8     42.7    162.1     66.2     87.6    105.3    123.6      NA      63.6    188.9     69.7    119.2    140.6    125.8
  1976   100.0   122.6     42.8    162.1     66.2     83.3     99.9    110.9      NA      62.1    148.4     66.6    113.9    133.7    102.2
  1977   100.0   113.7     47.3    162.1     66.2     89.7    100.6    107.7      NA      67.3    139.6     71.7    116.8    130.4     98.8
  1978   100.0   106.0     60.8    162.1     67.9    102.3    109.6    117.6      NA      77.9    145.2     81.4    118.6    129.0    108.6
  1979   100.0   103.2     58.1    162.1     69.8    109.6    114.8    124.4      NA      85.2    148.3     87.7    122.7    135.9    120.2

  1980   100.0   103.4     55.9    129.2     69.8    110.0    107.1    125.3      NA      85.9    143.9     88.5    125.8    137.7    131.7
  1981   100.0   100.8     57.5    115.2     68.3     86.4     84.6     97.3      NA      69.0    108.2     70.4    108.2    115.0    114.6
  1982   100.0    97.9     50.9    107.2     64.3     70.2     72.4     80.5      NA      64.3     91.0     65.8     96.2     92.7     99.0
  1983   100.0    98.1     53.4    101.1     62.8     62.9     66.0     69.5      NA      61.2     81.1     61.6     85.1     75.9     85.8
  1984   100.0    93.3     53.4     97.1     63.5     55.7     58.3     60.6      NA      54.9     70.2     54.8     76.2     70.4     75.7
  1985   100.0    88.5     53.2     91.0     63.1     54.2     57.0     58.9      NA      53.1     64.5     53.0     72.3     67.7     73.5
  1986   100.0    87.0     75.3     88.7     66.5     72.0     74.6     76.4      NA      72.0     82.6     71.8     84.0     81.7     83.1
  1987   100.0    91.1     87.7     95.0     79.2     86.1     88.2     88.0      NA      86.9     95.0     86.8     92.2     91.8     92.8
  1988   100.0    98.2     98.9    106.8     87.9     87.4     89.6     88.8      NA      88.9     94.6     88.9     95.2     94.9    100.8
  1989   100.0   102.1     91.8    116.4     95.3     81.6     82.5     83.0      NA      83.0     89.8     82.9     89.9     90.2     92.7

  1990   100.0   103.6     87.4    110.4     93.5     96.2     97.5     97.2      NA      96.6    102.8     96.6     99.4     98.4    101.0
  1991   100.0   105.5     94.2    106.5     94.0     94.0     94.3     93.7     94.0     94.0     99.3     93.9     95.7     96.3    100.1
  1992   100.0   100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0
  1993   100.0    93.7    114.1     97.4     95.2     93.0     93.1     93.4     94.4     94.4     78.3     94.6     87.5     74.7     85.0
  1994   100.0    88.4    124.1     97.2     95.1     96.2     95.0     95.4     96.3     96.3     76.5     96.7     88.1     75.5     86.7
  1995   100.0    88.1    134.9    101.5     95.0    109.1    107.8    106.2    109.1    109.1     75.6    109.6     98.1     81.6     89.4
  1996   100.0    88.6    116.5     97.5     91.6    103.8    104.1    103.5    103.8    103.8     79.9    104.3     96.2     86.8     88.4
  1997   100.0    87.3    104.7     82.8     87.4     89.8     91.3     90.7     90.0     90.0     72.3     90.1     87.7     76.2     92.7
  1998   100.0    81.5     96.8     56.0     75.0     88.5     90.1     89.7     88.8     88.8     70.9     88.7     82.3     73.3     93.8
  1999   100.0    81.3    111.5     65.9     77.8     84.9     86.4     86.0     85.1     85.1     67.8     85.0     79.6     70.4     91.6

  2000   100.0    81.4    117.6     69.4     80.5     73.6     74.6     74.5     73.7      NA      58.7     73.7     70.5     63.5     85.8
  2001   100.0    78.0    104.3     60.7     74.4     71.3     72.5     72.2     71.5      NA      57.0     71.4     69.1     56.3     81.5
  2002   100.0    77.0    101.2     62.8     72.9     75.3     76.6     76.3     75.5      NA      60.2     75.4     77.8     59.9     85.1

NA:  Not Available

** See note on Germany in box on page 4.

Source:  U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2003.

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Last Modified Date: September 09, 2003