| Monthly Statistical Bulletin |
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| 6.4 Exchange rates |
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| Month |
2005–06 |
2006–07 |
2007–08 |
2008–09 |
2009–10 |
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| United States
dollar (a) – cents |
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| July |
75.95 |
76.58 |
85.72 |
94.34 |
82.81 |
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| August |
74.71 |
76.27 |
82.14 |
86.39 |
83.93 |
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| September |
76.15 |
74.80 |
88.27 |
79.96 |
88.01 |
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| October |
74.87 |
76.92 |
92.16 |
66.80 |
91.61 |
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| November |
73.89 |
78.50 |
88.65 |
65.72 |
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| December |
73.37 |
79.13 |
88.16 |
69.28 |
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| January |
75.10 |
77.20 |
88.84 |
64.38 |
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| February |
73.82 |
78.80 |
94.66 |
64.54 |
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| March |
71.59 |
80.70 |
91.80 |
68.73 |
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| April |
75.42 |
82.68 |
93.37 |
72.65 |
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| May |
76.36 |
82.44 |
95.59 |
79.12 |
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| June |
74.33 |
84.87 |
96.26 |
81.14 |
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| Trade weighted
index (b) – index |
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| July |
64.3 |
63.9 |
68.8 |
72.2 |
65.7 |
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| August |
63.3 |
63.7 |
66.2 |
67.7 |
66.3 |
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| September |
64.7 |
62.6 |
70.0 |
63.4 |
68.2 |
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| October |
63.9 |
64.0 |
72.2 |
54.7 |
70.7 |
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| November |
63.7 |
64.5 |
68.9 |
54.6 |
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| December |
62.7 |
64.9 |
68.7 |
55.6 |
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| January |
63.4 |
63.8 |
68.3 |
53.2 |
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| February |
62.6 |
64.6 |
71.8 |
54.8 |
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| March |
60.8 |
65.9 |
68.9 |
57.4 |
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| April |
62.9 |
67.0 |
70.7 |
59.7 |
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| May |
63.2 |
67.0 |
72.8 |
63.3 |
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| June |
62.2 |
68.9 |
73.4 |
64.7 |
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| (a) US cents per
A$. Rate at end of month. |
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| (b) At end of
month. Base: May 1970 = 100.0. |
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| Source: RBA, Daily statistical
release |
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Update |
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1 December 2009 |
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