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| Table 13 (Value, Rate) | |||||||||||
| Exchange Rate Movements (2003-2005) | |||||||||||
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| Currency | In Rupees per unit of Foreign Currency | Change Over Previous Year (%) | |||||||||
| Rate & Rate Indices | End of year | Annual Average | Point to point | Annual Average | |||||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2004 | 2005 | 2004 | 2005 | ||
| Euro | 121.60 | 142.32 | 120.96 | 109.16 | 125.79 | 125.10 | -14.56 | 17.66 | -13.22 | 0.55 | |
| Indian rupee | 2.12 | 2.40 | 2.27 | 2.07 | 2.23 | 2.28 | -11.46 | 5.67 | -7.18 | -2.22 | |
| Japanese | 0.90 | 1.02 | 0.87 | 0.83 | 0.94 | 0.91 | -11.15 | 17.53 | -10.90 | 2.33 | |
| Pound sterling | 172.20 | 201.37 | 175.94 | 157.71 | 185.35 | 182.87 | -14.49 | 14.45 | -14.91 | 1.35 | |
| US dollar | 96.74 | 104.60 | 102.12 | 96.52 | 101.19 | 100.50 | -7.52 | 2.44 | -4.61 | 0.69 | |
| SDR | 143.75 | 161.60 | 145.95 | 135.23 | 149.88 | 148.45 | -11.05 | 11.30 | -9.78 | 0.96 | |
| Effective Exchange | Monthly Index | Annual Average | Change Over Previous Year (%) | ||||||||
| Rate Indices | Point to point | Annual Average | |||||||||
| Dec.2003 | Dec.2004 | Dec.2005 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2004 | 2005 | 2004 | 2005 | ||
| NEER (1999=100)* | 71.58 | 63.18 | 68.07 | 73.84 | 67.63 | 67.55 | -11.74 | 7.74 | -8.74 | -0.12 | |
| REER (1999=100)** | 96.75 | 94.93 | 106.99 | 97.25 | 93.61 | 101.92 | -1.88 | 12.70 | -3.74 | 8.88 | |
| © 2008, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) | |||||||||||
| Source : | |||||||||||
| Central Bank of Sri Lanka | |||||||||||
| Key: | |||||||||||
| *; NEER: Nominal Effective Exchange Rate | |||||||||||
| **; REER: Real Effective Exchange Rate | |||||||||||
| Revised: 2008(y)/12(m)/25(d) | |||||||||||
| Chief Editor: | |||||||||||
| Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.) | |||||||||||
| The Head, Department of Management Studies | |||||||||||
| University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||