BANK RATES

March 7, 2009 at 4:30PM

BANK RATES

This chart shows the worth of the U.S. dollar compared with other 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. =

Australia1.57 Aus. dols.

Canada1.29 Can. dols.

China 6.85 yuan

E.U.*0.79 euros

Great Britain 0.71 pounds

India52.2 rupee

Japan 97.7 yen

Mexico 15.4 pesos

New Zealand 2.01 N.Z. dols.

Norway7.18 kroner

Russia36.3 ruble

Sweden9.17 kroner

Switzerland1.17 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.

about the writer

about the writer

More from Minnesota Star Tribune

See More
card image
Provided/Sahan Journal

Family members and a lawyer say they have been blocked from access to the bedside of Bonfilia Sanchez Dominguez, while her husband was detained and shipped to Texas within 24 hours.

card image