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American and European Currency Exchange Rates

Those businessmen or tourists who deal daily with traveling around the world and exchanging money will note that this week has seen subtle shifts in the U.S. Dollar-EMU Euro rate, but overall things are remaining mostly the same. As of July 11, 2006, one U.S. dollar is equal to .78 Euro cents. One dollar is also equal to A$1.33 (Australian) dollars, C$1.13 (Canadian) dollars, 7.99 Chinese yuan, 5.75 Egyptian pounds, HK$7.77 (Hong Kong) dollars, 46.22 Indian rupees, 4.38 Israeli shekels, 1,507 Lebanese pounds, NZ$1.63 (New Zealand) dollars, and 26.89 Russian rubles.

For other currencies, such as the European Union?s single monetary unit, as of July 11, 2006, one Euro is equal to $1.27 U.S. dollars, 34.27 Russian rubles, S$2.01 (Singaporean) dollars, 20,367.48 Vietnamese dong, TW$41.46 (Taiwan) dollars, .69 United Kingdom pounds sterling, 1,720,971.1 Turkish lira, 146 Japanese yen, .90 Jordanian dinars, 1,203.97 Korean won, 11,675.01 Iranian rials, 7.33 Egyptian pounds, 14.01 Mexican pesos, 58.89 Indian rupees, 1.57 Swiss francs, 9.06 South African rand, 5.59 Israeli shekels, A$1.70 (Australian) dollars, C$1.44 (Canadian) dollars, NZ$2.07 (New Zealand) dollars, and 10.18 Chinese yuan.

With things unsurprisingly heating up in the Middle East, it might be informative to know how the various currencies of the countries in the region stack up against one another. One New Israeli Shekel is equal to 1.31 Egyptian pounds, or equal to .16 of a Jordanian dinar. Though Israel does not have diplomatic relations with Lebanon (in fact, Israel declared recent Hizbullah terror group actions to be an ?act of war? committed by Lebanon against Israel, Hizbullah politicians serve in the Lebanese parliament), as of July 11, 2006, one Israeli shekel is equal to 343.71 Lebanese pounds.