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Release Date: July 31, 1996
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G.5(405) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE MONTH ENDING JULY 1996
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN JULY 1996 TOGETHER
WITH COMPARABLE FIGURES FOR OTHER MONTHS. AVERAGES ARE BASED ON DAILY NOON BUYING
RATES FOR CABLE TRANSFERS IN NEW YORK CITY CERTIFIED FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES BY
THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK.
(RATES IN CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)
MONETARY 1996 1996 1996 1995
COUNTRY UNIT July June May July
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7897 0.7912 0.7970 0.7279
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 10.576 10.755 10.782 9.765
BELGIUM FRANC 30.947 31.433 31.502 28.562
CANADA DOLLAR 1.3697 1.3658 1.3693 1.3612
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3409 8.3424 8.3479 8.3207
DENMARK KRONE 5.8014 5.8941 5.9160 5.4073
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2570 1.2379 1.2283 1.3339
FINLAND MARKKA 4.5812 4.6710 4.7541 4.2592
FRANCE FRANC 5.0881 5.1787 5.1855 4.8307
GERMANY D. MARK 1.5025 1.5282 1.5324 1.3886
GREECE DRACHMA 237.65 241.75 243.27 225.45
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7379 7.7404 7.7363 7.7385
INDIA RUPEE 35.667 35.100 35.025 31.385
*IRELAND POUND 1.6031 1.5831 1.5629 1.6396
ITALY LIRA 1526.82 1542.30 1556.71 1609.71
JAPAN YEN 109.19 108.96 106.34 87.40
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.4915 2.4967 2.4936 2.4500
MEXICO PESO 7.6179 7.5648 7.4368 6.1220
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.6862 1.7120 1.7135 1.5557
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6900 0.6765 0.6857 0.6742
NORWAY KRONE 6.4465 6.5376 6.5748 6.1710
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 154.56 157.40 157.54 145.88
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4160 1.4090 1.4074 1.3984
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.3963 4.3519 4.3679 3.6404
SOUTH KOREA WON 813.03 798.45 780.86 760.05
SPAIN PESETA 126.96 128.87 127.97 119.71
SRI LANKA RUPEE 55.293 55.529 54.868 50.899
SWEDEN KRONA 6.6394 6.6807 6.7984 7.1749
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2320 1.2579 1.2539 1.1556
TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.573 27.674 27.352 26.278
THAILAND BAHT 25.355 25.354 25.289 24.755
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5530 1.5416 1.5152 1.5952
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 87.25 88.16 88.28 81.90
*VALUE IS U.S. DOLLARS
**INDEX OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF U.S. DOLLAR AGAINST CURRENCIES OF OTHER
G-10 COUNTRIES. MARCH 1973 = 100. WEIGHTS ARE 1972-76 GLOBAL TRADE OF EACH OF THE
10 COUNTRIES. SERIES REVISED AS OF AUGUST 1978. FOR DESCRIPTION AND BACK DATA, SEE
"INDEX OF THE WEIGHTED-AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF THE U.S. DOLLAR: REVISION" ON PAGE
700 OF THE AUGUST 1978 FEDERAL RESERVE BULLETIN.
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