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FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE March 31, 1998
G.5(405) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE MONTH ENDING MARCH 1998
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN MARCH 1998 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 1998 1998 1998 1997
COUNTRY UNIT March February January March
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6696 0.6744 0.6566 0.7875
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.851 12.735 12.765 11.931
BELGIUM FRANC 37.696 37.417 37.536 34.961
CANADA DOLLAR 1.4168 1.4334 1.4409 1.3725
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3076 8.3072 8.3094 8.3258
DENMARK KRONE 6.9656 6.9089 6.9190 6.4628
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0854 1.0893 1.0869 1.1458
FINLAND MARKKA 5.5461 5.4999 5.5006 5.0632
FRANCE FRANC 6.1253 6.0744 6.0832 5.7154
GERMANY D. MARK 1.8271 1.8123 1.8165 1.6946
GREECE DRACHMA 306.05 286.70 287.24 266.86
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7457 7.7412 7.7425 7.7460
INDIA RUPEE 39.566 39.008 39.391 35.885
*IRELAND POUND 1.3673 1.3771 1.3819 1.5657
ITALY LIRA 1798.95 1788.28 1787.87 1691.21
JAPAN YEN 129.08 125.85 129.55 122.77
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7442 3.8148 4.4093 2.4773
MEXICO PESO 8.5679 8.5021 8.2272 7.9562
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0597 2.0432 2.0472 1.9071
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5726 0.5829 0.5793 0.6979
NORWAY KRONE 7.5830 7.5530 7.5007 6.7915
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 187.02 185.54 185.80 170.35
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6186 1.6509 1.7477 1.4378
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.9745 4.9337 4.9417 4.4319
SOUTH KOREA WON 1489.26 1628.42 1707.30 882.62
SPAIN PESETA 154.94 153.61 153.93 143.72
SRI LANKA RUPEE 62.059 62.363 62.281 57.873
SWEDEN KRONA 7.9670 8.0723 8.0193 7.6502
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4900 1.4631 1.4748 1.4634
TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.517 32.948 34.117 27.551
THAILAND BAHT 41.348 45.987 52.983 25.959
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6619 1.6408 1.6350 1.6096
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 100.47 99.93 100.52 95.60
*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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