FXRatesCHF             package:fxregime             R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Foreign exchange rates for 24 currencies with respect to Swiss
     franks (CHF) from 1971-01-04 to 2007-06-07.

_U_s_a_g_e:

       data("FXRatesCHF")

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     'FXRatesCHF' is a '"zoo"' series with '"Date"' time index
     containing 25 daily time series from 1971-01-04 to 2006-11-29. The
     columns correspond to the price currencies (in ISO 4217 format)
     with respect to CHF as the unit currency.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     Additionally, to the 'DEM' and 'EUR' series, it contains a column
     called 'DUR' containing the 'EUR' rates starting from 1999 and the
     (converted) 'DEM' rates prior to 1999.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Available online from the US Federal Reserve:

     <URL: http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h10/Hist/>

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'zoo'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     data("FXRatesCHF")
     ## compute/visualize USD/CNY rate
     cny_usd <- na.trim(FXRatesCHF[,"CNY"]/FXRatesCHF[,"USD"])
     plot(cny_usd)

