The Rate the Government Uses Screensaver
The The Rate the Government Uses screensaver shows treasury reporting rates of exchange, key-less. Not market rates — the rate agencies must use to convert foreign balances. Filtered to the newest reporting date so old quarters cannot sit beside current ones. It's free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
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How the The Rate the Government Uses screensaver works
The saver reads the source described above and draws it on a canvas — no account, no tracking.
Treasury reporting rates of exchange, key-less. Not market rates — the rate agencies must use to convert foreign balances. Filtered to the newest reporting date so old quarters cannot sit beside current ones.
It refreshes on a schedule, so what you see stays current.
Colours and any options can be changed in settings; nothing is stored beyond your own browser.
What a Treasury reporting rate is
The US Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service publishes the Treasury Reporting Rates of Exchange, the government’s official set of rates for federal agencies to report foreign currency amounts in dollars. The aim is uniform conversion across all agency reporting. The rates are based on figures that disbursing officers report on the last business day of the month before the report date, and the schedule is released quarterly, with report dates at quarter-end such as 31 December.
Each line pairs a country and currency with an exchange rate and an effective date. In the published schedule the rate column is headed “Foreign Currency To $1.00”, so a rate of 150 means one dollar converts to 150 units of that currency. Treasury issues an amendment when current rates differ from the published ones by 10% or more, and also for newly established currencies; the dataset carries amendments as separate lines with their own effective dates.
That is why the numbers will not match a bank or a currency app. Treasury states these are not current market rates and should not be used to value transactions affecting dollar appropriations. The saver shows only the newest reporting date, so rates from older quarters are not mixed in.
A worked example
Treasury reporting rates of exchange, key-less. Not market rates — the rate agencies must use to convert foreign balances. Filtered to the newest reporting date so old quarters cannot sit beside current ones.
Settings & tips
- Accent and Background recolour the display.
- Every value on screen comes from the live source — nothing is simulated.
- Press ESC to leave fullscreen.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this real data?
- Yes — it comes from the source named on this page and is refreshed on a schedule.
- Is a key needed?
- No. This source is fully key-less.
- Is it free?
- Yes, and it runs entirely in your browser.
- Can I use these rates to exchange money?
- No. They are reporting rates for federal agencies, not current market rates, and no bank is obliged to offer them to you.
- How often do they change?
- The schedule is published quarterly. Treasury also issues an amendment when current rates differ from the published ones by 10% or more, or when a new currency is established.
- What does a figure like 0.9 mean?
- The schedule is expressed as foreign currency per US dollar, so a value below 1 means one dollar converts to less than one unit of that currency.