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1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE September 2, 1997
G.5(405) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE MONTH ENDING AUGUST 1997
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN AUGUST 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 August July June August
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7404 0.7420 0.7542 0.7830
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.946 12.620 12.158 10.435
BELGIUM FRANC 38.011 37.040 35.650 30.553
CANADA DOLLAR 1.3905 1.3775 1.3843 1.3722
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3187 8.3162 8.3224 8.3379
DENMARK KRONE 7.0109 6.8317 6.5804 5.7327
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0693 1.0998 1.1304 1.2685
FINLAND MARKKA 5.5046 5.3164 5.1794 4.4793
FRANCE FRANC 6.2010 6.0511 5.8293 5.0636
GERMANY D. MARK 1.8400 1.7939 1.7277 1.4826
GREECE DRACHMA 288.41 281.43 273.83 237.00
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7436 7.7454 7.7445 7.7345
INDIA RUPEE 36.008 35.747 35.820 35.800
*IRELAND POUND 1.4534 1.4945 1.5060 1.6108
ITALY LIRA 1797.12 1745.91 1694.54 1516.62
JAPAN YEN 117.93 115.38 114.29 107.87
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.7589 2.5815 2.5167 2.4933
MEXICO PESO 7.7818 7.8679 7.9498 7.5143
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0709 2.0201 1.9438 1.6633
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6421 0.6610 0.6871 0.6886
NORWAY KRONE 7.6224 7.4545 7.2240 6.4153
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 186.50 181.20 174.56 152.27
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4977 1.4521 1.4271 1.4124
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.6856 4.5611 4.5005 4.5289
SOUTH KOREA WON 898.71 893.09 891.40 817.52
SPAIN PESETA 155.51 151.33 145.98 125.72
SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.189 58.732 58.531 55.603
SWEDEN KRONA 7.9886 7.8188 7.7506 6.6211
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5128 1.4824 1.4424 1.2029
TAIWAN DOLLAR 28.824 28.032 27.903 27.496
THAILAND BAHT 32.399 30.274 24.534 25.289
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6035 1.6694 1.6449 1.5499
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 99.96 97.48 95.42 86.54
*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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