Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) disseminates exchange-rate open data for the Singapore dollar per US dollar, sourced via Thomson Reuters midday interbank averages. The collection bundles annual period averages and a daily Exchange Rates, SGD per unit of USD CSV series covering 1988 through late 2015. FX analysts and macro researchers can chart SGD-USD movement while heeding MAS disclaimers on accuracy and dealer-quote differences. Both member datasets support long-run currency studies on data.gov.sg.
Official description
Exchange rate for the Singapore Dollar per unit of US Dollar.
The rates are the average of buying and selling interbank rates quoted around midday in Singapore. All rates are obtained, with permission, from Thomson Reuters and disseminated to the public for information and could differ from those quoted by foreign exchange dealers.
The rates are not attributable to MAS, and MAS does not warrant and hereby disclaims any warranty as to the accuracy, correctness, reliability, currentness, timeliness or fitness for any particular purpose of the rates.
Monetary Authority of Singapore annual CSV of period-average exchange rates in Singapore dollars per unit of US dollar from 1988 through 2014. Economists and financial analysts use the series for historical SGD/USD conversion and trade-value deflation over that span.
Monetary Authority of Singapore CSV of daily exchange rates expressed as Singapore dollars per US dollar, from January 1988 through October 2015. Each row records the date and the SGD/USD rate as at noon. Economists, financial analysts, and researchers use the long daily series to study exchange-rate movements, currency trends, and the Singapore dollar's historical value against the US dollar.