United Kingdom Pound / USD (USD per 1 unit of foreign currency; 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 United Kingdom Pound / USD exchange rate stood at 1.32 on 13 March 2026, versus 1.33 on 12 March 2026. This constitutes a decrease of 0.75 percent.
Sample. There are 13,840 data points overall in the daily series presented in the chart above. The span of time covered by the series stretches from January 1971 to March 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some descriptive statistics we calculated on the entire sample: the exchange rate had a mean of 1.68; it reached a maximum of 2.64 on 9 March 1972; it reached a trough of 1.05 on 26 February 1985.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Amount of US dollars needed to buy 1 unit of foreign currency |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | 1.3399 |
| 2026-03-12 | 1.335 |
| 2026-03-13 | 1.324 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | United Kingdom Pound / USD 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 | Amount of US dollars needed to buy 1 unit of foreign currency |
| 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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| Dollar Index: Advanced Foreign Economies (weighted by goods and services trade; nominal) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 5062 | 2006-01-02 | 2026-03-13 |
| Dollar Index: Emerging Market Economies (weighted by goods and services trade; nominal) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 5062 | 2006-01-02 | 2026-03-13 |
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| Dollar Index: Major Currencies (weighted by goods trade; nominal) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 11834 | 1973-01-02 | 2019-12-31 |
| Dollar Index: Other Important Trading Partners (weighted by goods trade; nominal) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 6326 | 1995-01-04 | 2019-12-31 |