What time are the exchange rates updated?
All major currencies are updated at noon Pacific Time (3pm Eastern), except on weekends and statutory holidays. The Canadian civic holiday schedule applies. In addition to the usual holidays, no exchange rates will appear on Victoria Day, Canada Day, and Canadian Thanksgiving Day. • Will there be more currencies covered in the future? Many users ask whether more currencies will be covered in the future. I am still trying to tap into additional sources, but I will not do this at the cost of accuracy, reliability, and data integrity. For the forseeable future the data will be limited to the set of currencies and commodites already featured. I am maintaining additional datasets for some currencies that I do not publish on the web as I am unable to validate the data. However, I will provide these data sets to fellow researchers on an “as is” basis upon requests. • Why do some series start in 1991, and others only in February 1996? For a set of 19 currencies I was able to obtain historical
