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FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE May 1, 1998
G.5(405) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE MONTH ENDING APRIL 1998
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN APRIL 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 April March February April
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6523 0.6696 0.6744 0.7787
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.760 12.852 12.735 12.050
BELGIUM FRANC 37.423 37.699 37.417 35.328
CANADA DOLLAR 1.4298 1.4166 1.4334 1.3942
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3058 8.3076 8.3072 8.3257
DENMARK KRONE 6.9174 6.9661 6.9089 6.5226
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0927 1.0853 1.0893 1.1396
FINLAND MARKKA 5.5053 5.5467 5.4999 5.1375
FRANCE FRANC 6.0782 6.1257 6.0744 5.7672
GERMANY D. MARK 1.8132 1.8272 1.8123 1.7119
GREECE DRACHMA 315.82 306.05 286.70 270.58
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7497 7.7458 7.7412 7.7483
INDIA RUPEE 39.703 39.569 39.008 35.828
*IRELAND POUND 1.3894 1.3672 1.3771 1.5505
ITALY LIRA 1791.24 1799.07 1788.28 1694.52
JAPAN YEN 131.75 129.08 125.85 125.64
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7376 3.7456 3.8148 2.5028
MEXICO PESO 8.5017 8.5681 8.5021 7.9059
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0422 2.0598 2.0432 1.9256
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5534 0.5726 0.5829 0.6922
NORWAY KRONE 7.5315 7.5833 7.5530 6.9932
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 185.81 187.03 185.54 171.77
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6007 1.6188 1.6509 1.4417
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.0459 4.9746 4.9337 4.4417
SOUTH KOREA WON 1391.55 1489.36 1628.42 895.57
SPAIN PESETA 153.99 154.95 153.61 144.48
SRI LANKA RUPEE 62.903 62.083 62.363 58.825
SWEDEN KRONA 7.8238 7.9677 8.0723 7.6942
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5051 1.4901 1.4631 1.4618
TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.015 32.524 32.948 27.629
THAILAND BAHT 39.654 41.366 45.987 26.064
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6723 1.6619 1.6408 1.6293
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 100.30 100.47 99.93 96.39
*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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