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1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE May 30, 1997
G.5(405) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE MONTH ENDING MAY 1997
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN MAY 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 May April March May
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7751 0.7787 0.7875 0.7970
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.998 12.050 11.931 10.782
BELGIUM FRANC 35.188 35.328 34.961 31.502
CANADA DOLLAR 1.3804 1.3942 1.3725 1.3693
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3229 8.3257 8.3258 8.3479
DENMARK KRONE 6.4926 6.5226 6.4628 5.9160
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1431 1.1396 1.1458 1.2283
FINLAND MARKKA 5.1444 5.1375 5.0632 4.7541
FRANCE FRANC 5.7482 5.7672 5.7154 5.1855
GERMANY D. MARK 1.7048 1.7119 1.6946 1.5324
GREECE DRACHMA 271.95 270.58 266.86 243.27
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7431 7.7483 7.7460 7.7363
INDIA RUPEE 35.825 35.828 35.885 35.025
*IRELAND POUND 1.5111 1.5505 1.5657 1.5629
ITALY LIRA 1684.33 1694.52 1691.21 1556.71
JAPAN YEN 119.19 125.64 122.77 106.34
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.5070 2.5028 2.4773 2.4936
MEXICO PESO 7.9037 7.9059 7.9562 7.4368
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9173 1.9256 1.9071 1.7135
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6910 0.6922 0.6979 0.6857
NORWAY KRONE 7.0797 6.9932 6.7915 6.5748
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 171.72 171.77 170.35 157.54
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4368 1.4417 1.4378 1.4074
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.4668 4.4417 4.4319 4.3729
SOUTH KOREA WON 894.67 895.57 882.62 780.86
SPAIN PESETA 143.93 144.48 143.72 127.97
SRI LANKA RUPEE 58.862 58.825 57.873 54.868
SWEDEN KRONA 7.6856 7.6942 7.6502 6.7984
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4331 1.4618 1.4634 1.2539
TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.791 27.629 27.551 27.352
THAILAND BAHT 25.750 26.064 25.959 25.289
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6322 1.6293 1.6096 1.5152
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 95.29 96.39 95.60 88.28
*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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