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1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE February 28, 1997
G.5(405) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE MONTH ENDING FEBRUARY 1997
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN FEBRUARY 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 1997 1996 1996
COUNTRY UNIT February January December February
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7677 0.7776 0.7966 0.7556
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.785 11.289 10.923 10.321
BELGIUM FRANC 34.556 33.087 31.992 30.165
CANADA DOLLAR 1.3556 1.3494 1.3622 1.3752
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3227 8.3260 8.3290 8.3338
DENMARK KRONE 6.3867 6.1199 5.9428 5.6749
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1591 1.2096 1.2425 1.2530
FINLAND MARKKA 4.9792 4.7766 4.6388 4.5532
FRANCE FRANC 5.6536 5.4145 5.2427 5.0440
GERMANY D. MARK 1.6747 1.6047 1.5525 1.4669
GREECE DRACHMA 262.42 251.54 245.70 242.21
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7474 7.7397 7.7355 7.7323
INDIA RUPEE 35.891 35.904 35.882 36.595
*IRELAND POUND 1.5860 1.6311 1.6593 1.5810
ITALY LIRA 1655.00 1567.91 1528.44 1570.00
JAPAN YEN 122.96 117.91 113.98 105.79
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.4866 2.4900 2.5251 2.5487
MEXICO PESO 7.8023 7.8289 7.8769 7.5183
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.8812 1.8023 1.7420 1.6424
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6908 0.7009 0.7050 0.6749
NORWAY KRONE 6.6323 6.4589 6.4716 6.4103
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 168.24 160.53 156.54 152.49
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4193 1.4061 1.3999 1.4115
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.4557 4.6402 4.6873 3.7420
SOUTH KOREA WON 868.39 854.07 841.92 780.12
SPAIN PESETA 141.85 134.79 130.69 123.65
SRI LANKA RUPEE 57.772 57.278 56.730 53.716
SWEDEN KRONA 7.4069 7.0692 6.8283 6.8775
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4541 1.3913 1.3290 1.1967
TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.554 27.477 27.516 27.485
THAILAND BAHT 25.957 25.726 25.600 25.250
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6256 1.6585 1.6639 1.5360
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 94.52 91.01 88.71 86.42
*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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