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1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE October 1, 1996
G.5(405) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE MONTH ENDING SEPTEMBER 1996
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN SEPTEMBER 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 September August July September
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7928 0.7830 0.7897 0.7537
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 10.610 10.435 10.576 10.270
BELGIUM FRANC 31.056 30.553 30.947 30.044
CANADA DOLLAR 1.3694 1.3722 1.3697 1.3509
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3341 8.3379 8.3409 8.3374
DENMARK KRONE 5.8057 5.7327 5.8014 5.6587
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2576 1.2685 1.2570 1.2783
FINLAND MARKKA 4.5421 4.4793 4.5812 4.3754
FRANCE FRANC 5.1307 5.0636 5.0881 5.0352
GERMANY D. MARK 1.5080 1.4826 1.5025 1.4601
GREECE DRACHMA 239.67 237.00 237.65 235.65
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7328 7.7345 7.7379 7.7368
INDIA RUPEE 35.870 35.800 35.667 33.310
*IRELAND POUND 1.6096 1.6108 1.6031 1.5905
ITALY LIRA 1520.48 1516.62 1526.82 1613.41
JAPAN YEN 109.93 107.87 109.19 100.55
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.5009 2.4933 2.4915 2.5124
MEXICO PESO 7.5441 7.5143 7.6179 6.3167
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.6905 1.6633 1.6862 1.6354
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6964 0.6886 0.6900 0.6561
NORWAY KRONE 6.4613 6.4153 6.4465 6.3943
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 153.99 152.27 154.56 152.11
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4086 1.4124 1.4160 1.4331
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.5489 4.5289 4.3963 3.6616
SOUTH KOREA WON 822.40 817.52 813.03 772.04
SPAIN PESETA 127.11 125.72 126.96 125.41
SRI LANKA RUPEE 56.050 55.603 55.293 52.547
SWEDEN KRONA 6.6427 6.6211 6.6394 7.1227
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2343 1.2029 1.2320 1.1868
TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.500 27.496 27.573 27.432
THAILAND BAHT 25.407 25.289 25.355 25.129
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5593 1.5499 1.5530 1.5590
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 87.46 86.54 87.25 85.69
*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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