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FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE November 28, 1997
G.5(405) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE MONTH ENDING NOVEMBER 1997
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN NOVEMBER 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 November October September November
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6953 0.7197 0.7231 0.7968
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.181 12.360 12.568 10.640
BELGIUM FRANC 35.737 36.266 36.876 31.153
CANADA DOLLAR 1.4128 1.3869 1.3872 1.3381
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3109 8.3135 8.3171 8.3294
DENMARK KRONE 6.5937 6.6922 6.8001 5.8053
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1419 1.1184 1.0981 1.2700
FINLAND MARKKA 5.2217 5.2674 5.3455 4.5512
FRANCE FRANC 5.8001 5.8954 6.0031 5.1156
GERMANY D. MARK 1.7323 1.7575 1.7862 1.5118
GREECE DRACHMA 271.87 276.84 281.69 238.38
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7314 7.7373 7.7440 7.7323
INDIA RUPEE 37.289 36.302 36.476 35.839
*IRELAND POUND 1.5030 1.4692 1.4806 1.6645
ITALY LIRA 1697.08 1721.09 1743.22 1513.66
JAPAN YEN 125.38 121.06 120.89 112.30
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.3791 3.2972 3.0254 2.5234
MEXICO PESO 8.2716 7.8708 7.7809 7.9119
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9524 1.9800 2.0116 1.6958
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6242 0.6356 0.6360 0.7098
NORWAY KRONE 7.0588 7.0807 7.3008 6.3554
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 176.84 179.07 181.49 152.83
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.5820 1.5597 1.5164 1.4025
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.8394 4.7145 4.6890 4.6577
SOUTH KOREA WON 1035.22 929.42 912.50 830.56
SPAIN PESETA 146.30 148.32 150.75 127.28
SRI LANKA RUPEE 60.132 59.723 59.713 56.987
SWEDEN KRONA 7.5589 7.5765 7.6887 6.6269
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4069 1.4516 1.4702 1.2752
TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.794 29.696 28.731 27.522
THAILAND BAHT 39.092 37.543 35.256 25.459
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6889 1.6330 1.6013 1.6623
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 96.37 97.07 98.29 86.97
*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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