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FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE September 30, 1998
G.5(405) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE MONTH ENDING SEPTEMBER 1998
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN SEPTEMBER 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 September August July September
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5889 0.5888 0.6180 0.7231
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.955 12.574 12.650 12.568
BELGIUM FRANC 35.054 36.848 37.074 36.876
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5218 1.5346 1.4869 1.3872
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3055 8.3100 8.3100 8.3171
DENMARK KRONE 6.4717 6.8067 6.8499 6.8001
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1575 1.1035 1.0990 1.0981
FINLAND MARKKA 5.1734 5.4340 5.4653 5.3455
FRANCE FRANC 5.6969 5.9912 6.0280 6.0031
GERMANY D. MARK 1.6990 1.7869 1.7976 1.7862
GREECE DRACHMA 292.47 301.21 299.35 281.69
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7480 7.7494 7.7483 7.7440
INDIA RUPEE 42.579 42.843 42.612 36.476
*IRELAND POUND 1.4724 1.4037 1.3988 1.4806
ITALY LIRA 1678.92 1763.01 1772.42 1743.22
JAPAN YEN 134.48 144.68 140.79 120.89
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8050 4.2036 4.1591 3.0254
MEXICO PESO 10.2192 9.3712 8.8990 7.7809
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9169 2.0148 2.0267 2.0116
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5044 0.5011 0.5185 0.6360
NORWAY KRONE 7.5564 7.7248 7.6246 7.3008
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 174.19 182.99 183.93 181.49
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7226 1.7571 1.7085 1.5164
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.0966 6.3198 6.2285 4.6890
SOUTH KOREA WON 1375.54 1314.29 1295.76 912.50
SPAIN PESETA 144.33 151.72 152.58 150.75
SRI LANKA RUPEE 66.260 66.642 65.908 59.713
SWEDEN KRONA 7.8816 8.1282 7.9942 7.6887
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4000 1.4933 1.5136 1.4702
TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.646 34.730 34.387 28.731
THAILAND BAHT 40.402 41.720 41.300 35.256
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6823 1.6342 1.6437 1.6013
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 97.17 101.80 101.38 98.29
*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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