STATISTICAL TABLES 2017/18
5.5. KEY EXCHANGE RATES
Malaysia
Annual change
(%)
RM to one unit of foreign currency1
2013
2014
2015
2016
End-December
2017
Change
(%)
2015
2016
End-December
2016 –
End-August 2017
End-August
Special Drawing Rights
5.0481
5.0853
5.9912
6.0394
6.0486
-15.1
-0.8
-0.2
US dollar
3.2815
3.4950
4.2920
4.4860
4.2695
-18.6
-4.3
5.1
Singapore dollar
2.5943
2.6449
3.0356
3.1016
3.1519
-12.9
-2.1
-1.6
100 Japanese yen
3.1281
2.9255
3.5645
3.8442
3.8904
-17.9
-7.3
-1.2
Pound sterling
5.4076
5.4396
6.3607
5.5108
5.5217
-14.5
15.4
-0.2
Swiss franc
3.6950
3.5353
4.3419
4.3942
4.4688
-18.6
-1.2
-1.7
Euro
4.5263
4.2513
4.6918
4.7238
5.1157
-9.4
-0.7
-7.7
100 Thai baht
9.9757
10.6270
11.9222
12.5167
12.8619
-10.9
-4.7
-2.7
100 Indonesian rupiah
0.0269
0.0281
0.0311
0.0334
0.0320
-9.5
-6.9
4.3
100 Korean won
0.3108
0.3201
0.3651
0.3720
0.3805
-12.3
-1.9
-2.2
100 Philippine peso
7.3908
7.8066
9.1494
9.0516
8.3462
-14.7
1.1
8.5
Chinese renminbi
0.5422
0.5637
0.6610
0.6455
0.6486
-14.7
2.4
-0.5
US dollar (USD) rates are the average of buying and selling rates at noon in the Kuala Lumpur Interbank Foreign Exchange Market. Rates for foreign
currencies other than USD are cross rates derived from rates of these currencies against the USD and the RM/USD rate.
1
Source: Bank Negara Malaysia.
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