Foreign Exchange

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York carries out foreign exchange-related activities on behalf of the Federal Reserve System and the U.S. Treasury. In this capacity, the Bank monitors and analyzes global financial market developments, manages the U.S. foreign currency reserves, and from time to time intervenes in the foreign exchange market. The Bank also executes foreign exchange transactions on behalf of customers

USD per Euro Japanese Yen per USD

As a matter of convention, the dollar-yen exchange rate is expressed in yen per dollar. Hence, an increase in this rate indicates an increase in the value of the dollar versus the yen. In contrast, the euro-dollar exchange rate is expressed in dollars per euro. Thus an increase in this rate indicates a decline in the value of the dollar versus the euro.