Where do I find exchange rates?
Answer
Search Global Financial Data. It has daily and monthly exchange rates for many countries, going back hundreds of years in some cases.
- Select GFDatabase and look in the Series Type for Exchange Rates.
Federal Reserve Statistical Release: Foreign Exchange Rates (H.10) has exchange rates for 23 countries against the US Dollar.
Use Bloomberg, available in the Business Library and the Finance Lab
- Hit the yellow <CURRENCY> key and then the green <GO> key.
- For the best and worst performing currencies relative to a selected currency, type WCRS and hit <GO>.
For historical annual exchange rates for 40+ currencies compared to the USD go to the freely available MeasuringWorth.com