USD / South African Rand (units of foreign currency per 1 USD; noon NY) - United States - FED Board - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: US dollar exchange rates (FED Board)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to statistics released by the Fed Board, the USD / South African Rand exchange rate was 17.35 on 19 September 2025, versus 17.34 on 18 September. This represents a rise of 0.06 percent.
Sample. In this daily time series, there are 11,465 data points. The time range covered by the series extends from January 1980 to September 2025.
History. Here's a snapshot of some statistics calculated on the whole sample: the exchange rate had a mean value of 7.48; it hit a minimum of 0.74 on 7 January 1981; it hit a maximum of 19.82 on 9 April 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Units of foreign currency received in exchange for 1 US dollar |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-17 | 17.3504 |
| 2025-09-18 | 17.3425 |
| 2025-09-19 | 17.3498 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | USD / South African Rand exchange rate; FRBNY-certified NY noon buying rate |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Exchange rate |
| Deflation method | Nominal |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Unit | Units of foreign currency received in exchange for 1 US dollar |
| Source | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Licence to copy and distribute without permission |
| Measure type | Level |
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