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1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE April 30, 1997
G.5(405) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE MONTH ENDING APRIL 1997
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN APRIL 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 1997 1996
COUNTRY UNIT April March February April
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7787 0.7875 0.7677 0.7857
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.050 11.931 11.785 10.580
BELGIUM FRANC 35.328 34.961 34.556 30.902
CANADA DOLLAR 1.3942 1.3725 1.3556 1.3592
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3257 8.3258 8.3227 8.3515
DENMARK KRONE 6.5226 6.4628 6.3867 5.8050
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1396 1.1458 1.1591 1.2432
FINLAND MARKKA 5.1375 5.0632 4.9792 4.7288
FRANCE FRANC 5.7672 5.7154 5.6536 5.1049
GERMANY D. MARK 1.7119 1.6946 1.6747 1.5044
GREECE DRACHMA 270.58 266.86 262.42 242.00
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7483 7.7460 7.7474 7.7345
INDIA RUPEE 35.828 35.885 35.891 34.320
*IRELAND POUND 1.5505 1.5657 1.5860 1.5651
ITALY LIRA 1694.52 1691.21 1655.00 1565.60
JAPAN YEN 125.64 122.77 122.96 107.20
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.5028 2.4773 2.4866 2.5113
MEXICO PESO 7.9013 7.9562 7.8023 7.4694
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9256 1.9071 1.8812 1.6819
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6922 0.6979 0.6908 0.6824
NORWAY KRONE 6.9932 6.7915 6.6323 6.4901
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 171.77 170.35 168.24 154.51
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4417 1.4378 1.4193 1.4085
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.4417 4.4319 4.4557 4.2130
SOUTH KOREA WON 895.57 882.62 868.39 780.42
SPAIN PESETA 144.48 143.72 141.85 125.49
SRI LANKA RUPEE 58.825 57.873 57.772 54.163
SWEDEN KRONA 7.6942 7.6502 7.4069 6.7141
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4618 1.4634 1.4541 1.2180
TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.629 27.551 27.554 27.188
THAILAND BAHT 26.064 25.959 25.957 25.290
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6293 1.6096 1.6256 1.5160
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 96.39 95.60 94.52 87.46
*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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