Table 17.4 :  EXCHANGE RATES, 2007 - 2008
(In Rufiyaa per foreign currency unit; end of period mid)
																2007					2008
Type of Currency	cCrWm	cnUj	cTcpes	cmesiD		cCrWm	cnUj	cTcpes	cmesiD		cCrWm	cnUj	cTcpes	cmesiD
	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec		Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec		Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec		Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec		Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec
U.S dollar	12.80	12.80	12.80	12.80		12.80	12.80	12.80	12.80		12.80	12.80	12.80	12.80		12.80	12.80	12.80	12.80		12.80	12.80	12.80	12.80
Japanese yen	0.12	0.11	0.11	0.12		0.12	0.11	0.11	0.11		0.11	0.11	0.11	0.11		0.11	0.11	0.11	0.12		0.13	0.12	0.12	0.15
Singapore dollar	7.43	7.34	7.41	7.64		7.61	7.47	7.47	7.66		7.89	8.04	8.07	8.30		8.44	8.30	8.54	8.83		9.24	9.36	8.98	8.78
Indian rupee	0.28	0.28	0.27	0.29		0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29		0.29	0.28	0.28	0.29		0.30	0.32	0.33	0.33		0.33	0.31	0.29	0.28
Sri Lankan rupee	0.13	0.13	0.12	0.12		0.13	0.13	0.12	0.13		0.13	0.13	0.13	0.12		0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12		0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12
Great Britain Pound	23.12	23.05	22.60	24.26		23.51	22.85	22.64	22.40		22.03	23.47	23.86	25.07		25.05	25.17	25.35	25.81		25.14	24.83	23.24	18.94
Euro	15.40	15.31	15.44	16.97		16.21	15.17	15.25	15.17		15.19	16.07	16.08	16.75		16.90	16.92	17.70	18.45		19.42	19.43	18.39	17.68
Annual percentage change
U.S dollar	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Japanese yen	13.2	6.3	8.0	3.7		-0.4	1.2	-0.7	-6.0		-4.1	-1.0	-0.7	-1.6		-0.4	-5.6	2.1	4.3		18.4	14.2	7.4	26.8
Singapore dollar	4.7	1.1	3.5	4.0		2.4	1.9	0.8	0.4		3.7	7.5	8.0	8.3		7.0	3.3	5.8	6.3		9.4	12.8	5.1	-0.6
Indian rupee	6.1	3.6	-0.2	3.9		2.6	3.7	4.6	0.7		2.7	-2.0	-0.6	2.1		3.4	14.9	15.7	13.3		7.9	-5.9	-12.8	-16.5
Sri Lankan rupee	-0.7	-2.2	-6.3	-7.5		-1.8	-0.3	2.1	7.8		2.0	1.3	4.3	-5.3		-5.7	-6.4	-9.7	-1.1		1.2	3.0	5.2	-2.6
Great Britain Pound	17.2	11.3	13.6	10.8		1.7	-0.8	0.2	-7.6		-6.3	2.7	5.4	11.9		13.7	7.3	6.3	3.0		0.3	-1.4	-8.3	-26.6
Euro	15.4	4.3	11.2	9.6		5.3	-0.9	-1.3	-10.6		-6.3	5.9	5.4	10.4		11.2	5.3	10.1	10.2		14.9	14.9	3.9	-4.2
Rf / SDR  (end of period; mid rate)	18.95	18.77	18.80	19.88		19.34	18.64	18.57	18.29		18.40	18.78	18.94	19.26		19.37	19.38	19.93	20.23		21.05	20.91	19.93	19.72
USD / SDR  (end of period; mid rate)	1.48	1.47	1.47	1.55		1.51	1.46	1.45	1.43		1.44	1.47	1.48	1.50		1.51	1.51	1.56	1.58		1.64	1.63	1.56	1.54
Source: Maldives Monetary Authority.