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1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE December 31, 1996
G.5(405) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE MONTH ENDING DECEMBER 1996
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN DECEMBER 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 December November October December
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7966 0.7968 0.7918 0.7405
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 10.923 10.640 10.748 10.142
BELGIUM FRANC 31.944 31.172 31.470 29.615
CANADA DOLLAR 1.3622 1.3381 1.3508 1.3693
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3290 8.3294 8.3299 8.3350
DENMARK KRONE 5.9428 5.8053 5.8576 5.5791
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2425 1.2700 1.2537 1.2755
FINLAND MARKKA 4.6388 4.5512 4.5694 4.3361
FRANCE FRANC 5.2427 5.1156 5.1652 4.9565
GERMANY D. MARK 1.5524 1.5118 1.5277 1.4406
GREECE DRACHMA 245.70 238.38 239.76 238.06
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7355 7.7323 7.7322 7.7345
INDIA RUPEE 35.882 35.892 35.804 34.966
*IRELAND POUND 1.6593 1.6645 1.6083 1.5918
ITALY LIRA 1528.44 1513.66 1523.82 1593.88
JAPAN YEN 113.98 112.30 112.41 101.85
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.5251 2.5234 2.5074 2.5399
MEXICO PESO 7.8769 7.9119 7.7345 7.6870
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.7420 1.6958 1.7141 1.6127
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7050 0.7098 0.7007 0.6500
NORWAY KRONE 6.4716 6.3554 6.4810 6.3579
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 156.54 152.83 154.28 151.03
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.3999 1.4025 1.4124 1.4148
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.6873 4.6577 4.5799 3.6632
SOUTH KOREA WON 841.92 830.56 828.24 771.31
SPAIN PESETA 130.69 127.28 128.60 122.53
SRI LANKA RUPEE 56.730 56.987 57.015 53.808
SWEDEN KRONA 6.8283 6.6269 6.6006 6.6393
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3290 1.2752 1.2586 1.1631
TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.516 27.522 27.532 27.315
THAILAND BAHT 25.600 25.459 25.474 25.164
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6639 1.6623 1.5863 1.5405
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 88.70 86.98 87.98 85.07
*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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