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1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE February 3, 1997
G.5(405) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE MONTH ENDING JANUARY 1997
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN JANUARY 1997 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 1997 1996 1996 1996
COUNTRY UNIT January December November January
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7776 0.7966 0.7968 0.7417
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.289 10.923 10.640 10.296
BELGIUM FRANC 33.087 31.944 31.153 30.080
CANADA DOLLAR 1.3494 1.3622 1.3381 1.3669
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3260 8.3290 8.3294 8.3384
DENMARK KRONE 6.1199 5.9428 5.8053 5.6618
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2096 1.2425 1.2700 1.2602
FINLAND MARKKA 4.7766 4.6388 4.5512 4.4510
FRANCE FRANC 5.4145 5.2427 5.1156 5.0117
GERMANY D. MARK 1.6047 1.5525 1.5118 1.4635
GREECE DRACHMA 251.54 245.70 238.38 240.91
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7397 7.7355 7.7323 7.7329
INDIA RUPEE 35.904 35.882 35.892 35.812
*IRELAND POUND 1.6311 1.6593 1.6645 1.5818
ITALY LIRA 1567.91 1528.44 1513.66 1584.87
JAPAN YEN 117.91 113.98 112.30 105.75
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.4900 2.5251 2.5234 2.5563
MEXICO PESO 7.8289 7.8769 7.9119 7.4806
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.8023 1.7420 1.6958 1.6388
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7009 0.7050 0.7098 0.6619
NORWAY KRONE 6.4589 6.4716 6.3554 6.4275
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 160.53 156.54 152.83 151.90
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4061 1.3999 1.4025 1.4211
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.6402 4.6873 4.6577 3.6413
SOUTH KOREA WON 854.07 841.92 830.56 787.13
SPAIN PESETA 134.79 130.69 127.28 123.38
SRI LANKA RUPEE 57.278 56.730 56.987 53.874
SWEDEN KRONA 7.0692 6.8283 6.6269 6.7405
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3913 1.3290 1.2752 1.1818
TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.477 27.516 27.522 27.406
THAILAND BAHT 25.726 25.600 25.459 25.298
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6585 1.6639 1.6623 1.5288
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 91.01 88.71 86.97 86.23
*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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