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FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE October 30, 1998
G.5(405) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE MONTH ENDING OCTOBER 1998
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN OCTOBER 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 October September August October
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6179 0.5889 0.5888 0.7197
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.524 11.955 12.574 12.360
BELGIUM FRANC 33.813 35.054 36.848 36.266
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5452 1.5218 1.5346 1.3869
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2778 8.3055 8.3100 8.3135
DENMARK KRONE 6.2294 6.4717 6.8067 6.6922
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2019 1.1575 1.1035 1.1184
FINLAND MARKKA 4.9845 5.1734 5.4340 5.2674
FRANCE FRANC 5.4925 5.6969 5.9912 5.8954
GERMANY D. MARK 1.6381 1.6990 1.7869 1.7575
GREECE DRACHMA 281.64 292.47 301.21 276.84
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7483 7.7480 7.7494 7.7373
INDIA RUPEE 42.394 42.579 42.843 36.302
*IRELAND POUND 1.5221 1.4724 1.4037 1.4692
ITALY LIRA 1620.96 1678.92 1763.01 1721.09
JAPAN YEN 121.05 134.48 144.68 121.06
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8050 4.2036 3.2972
MEXICO PESO 10.1594 10.2192 9.3712 7.8708
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.8479 1.9169 2.0148 1.9800
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5213 0.5044 0.5011 0.6356
NORWAY KRONE 7.4294 7.5564 7.7248 7.0807
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 168.01 174.19 182.99 179.07
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6378 1.7226 1.7571 1.5597
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.7991 6.0966 6.3198 4.7145
SOUTH KOREA WON 1344.14 1375.54 1314.29 929.42
SPAIN PESETA 139.23 144.33 151.72 148.32
SRI LANKA RUPEE 66.345 66.260 66.642 59.723
SWEDEN KRONA 7.8395 7.8816 8.1282 7.5765
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3373 1.4000 1.4933 1.4516
TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.121 34.646 34.730 29.696
THAILAND BAHT 38.118 40.402 41.720 37.543
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6944 1.6823 1.6342 1.6330
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 93.69 97.17 101.80 97.07
*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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