Currency rates (added every week or two).

[griffin]

It's been almost 6 months since my last update posting here... I didn't realise it had been that long, as it certainly didn't feel like it.

How time flies... I can't believe it has been 8 months since I last updated this, but it doesn't feel like it was that long ago.

We are down on just about everything since the beginning of the year, except New Zealand, which seems to yoyo up and down about 5 cents every few months.
The US Fed Reserve had dropped the rates by 0.25 this week, which I had thought would have weakened their dollar a little (as there is a smaller return for investors), but it still strengthened against ours during the week (which probably means our currency and economy is just so unreliable at the moment that the US economy is still more inviting).
The drop in Yen and US$ in the last year is likely to result in higher prices for toys here, especially the imported exclusives.

As of today, according to xe.com, these are the current rates for AU$1...

- US$ - 0.6769 (down 3 cents since end of January)
- GB£ - 0.5424 (down 1 pence since end of January)
- JP¥ - 72.811 (down 6 yen since end of January)
- EU€ - 0.6146 (down 2 cents since end of January)
- NZ$ - 1.0815 (up 3 cents since end of January)

(bank and paypal rates are 2-3% less than the figures above)

[griffin]

As of today, according to xe.com, these are the current rates for AU$1...

- US$ - 0.6839 (slightly up since end of September)
- GB£ - 0.5206 (down 2 pence since end of September)
- JP¥ - 74.269 (up 1.5 yen since end of September)
- EU€ - 0.6185 (almost the same as the end of September)
- NZ$ - 1.0418 (down 4 cents since end of September)

(bank and paypal rates are 2-3% less than the figures above)

[griffin]

With all of the hits to our economy in the last couple of months, the Aussie Dollar has weakened a lot against the major currencies, and is pretty much steady with the NZ dollar.

As of today, according to xe.com, these are the current rates for AU$1...

- US$ - 0.6537 (down 3 cents so far this year)
- GB£ - 0.5907 (down 7 pence so far this year)
- JP¥ - 70.830 (down 3.5 yen so far this year)
- EU€ - 0.5906 (down almost 3 cents so far this year)
- NZ$ - 1.0474 (up a little bit this year)

(bank and paypal rates are 2-3% less than the figures above)