Bank rates

Last update: March 15, 2008 - 4:57 PM

BANK RATES

This chart shows the worth of the U.S. dollar compared with other world currencies as of Wednesday. The information comes from Oanda (www.oanda.com), an online service that updates rates daily. These rates do not include fees, commissions and profit margins calculated by banks, exchanges or credit cards. The fastest, easiest and usually cheapest way to change money is by using an ATM to withdraw money from your own account at your destination.

$1 U.S.=

Australia 1.08 Aus. dols.

Canada 0.99 Can. dols.

China 7.12 yuan

E.U.* 0.65 euros

Great Britain 0.50 pounds

India 40.5 rupee

Japan 102 yen

Mexico 10.8 pesos

New Zealand 1.26 N.Z. dols.

Norway 5.14 kroner

Russia 24.0 ruble

Sweden 6.12 kroner

Switzerland 1.02 francs

*European Union countries using the euro currency are Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain.

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